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OSCE meeting closes with call to pay more attention to upholding rule of law principles

Publishing date: 14 May 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Rule of law
WARSAW, 14 May 2009- Participants in an OSCE meeting on the rule of law that ended today stressed the need for participating States to increase efforts to keep the judiciary independent and to ensure a transparent and accountable administration...

OSCE Chairmanship suspends talks on continued OSCE presence in Georgia

Publishing date: 14 May 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Democratization, Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 14 May 2009- The Chairperson of the OSCE Permanent Council, Greek Ambassador Mara Marinaki, said today the OSCE Chairmanship had suspended negotiations on a continued OSCE presence in Georgia until further notice...

OSCE donates equipment to dismantle and recycle obsolete munitions to the Georgian Defence Ministry

Publishing date: 13 May 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
TBILISI, 13 May 2009- The OSCE donated equipment for dismantling and recycling obsolete TNT-filled munitions to the Georgian Defence Ministry today...

OSCE Chairperson urges renewed commitment to peaceful resolution on 15th anniversary of Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire

Publishing date: 12 May 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Arms control, Border management, Conflict prevention and resolution
ATHENS, 11 May 2009- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis, expressed hope today that the parties to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict would make further progress towards a peaceful settlement...

Statement by the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs

Publishing date: 11 May 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Minsk Group
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
MOSCOW/PARIS/WASHINGTON, 11 May 2009- The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group- Ambassador Yury Merzlyakov of Russia, Ambassador Bernard Fassier of France, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Matthew Bryza of the United States- today issued...

Turkmenistan officials discuss judicial re-training practices in OSCE Centre-organized visit to France

Publishing date: 11 May 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Democratization, Education, Rule of law
ASHGABAT, 11 May 2009- Five high-ranking officials representing Turkmenistan's Supreme Court, General Prosecutor's Office, Justice Ministry and Education Ministry as well as the Institute of State and Law started a study visit...

OSCE Special Representative meets Armenian officials to discuss priorities in fight against human trafficking

Publishing date: 8 May 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
YEREVAN, 8 May 2009- OSCE Special Representative Eva Biaudet welcomed today the Armenian authorities' efforts to combat trafficking in human beings and underscored the need to place human trafficking higher on the political agenda...