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OSCE promotes access to information in Tajikistan with training course for press officials and journalists
Publishing date: 12 December 2007
Content type: Press release
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development
DUSHANBE, 12 December 2007- Increasing public access to official information as well as fostering effective interaction between state administration bodies and journalists are the aims of a training seminar that is held today in Dushanbe...
OSCE Mission to Skopje promotes co-operation between civil society and local authorities
Publishing date: 12 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
SKOPJE, 12 December 2007- The city of Skopje unveiled today a strategy, developed with the support of the OSCE Mission to Skopje, for enhancing co-operation with civil society organizations...
OSCE helps develop comprehensive anti-trafficking response in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 11 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
BAKU, 11 December 2007- Developing a comprehensive response to human trafficking in Azerbaijan is the aim of new project that was launched with a workshop in Baku today...
OSCE Centre in Astana promotes anti-trafficking standards and mechanisms
Publishing date: 10 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
ASTANA, 10 December 2007- International standards and practices in the fight against trafficking in human beings, as well as relevant domestic laws and their implementation, are the focus of two regional seminars organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana...
Mediterranean countries discuss environmental security at OSCE, NATO workshop
Publishing date: 10 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities, Good governance
VALENCIA, 10 December 2007- Water scarcity, land degradation and desertification are the focus of a workshop organized by the OSCE and NATO starting today in Valencia, Spain...
OSCE elections body opens a mission in Tashkent for Uzbek presidential election
Publishing date: 10 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
WARSAW/TASHKENT, 10 December 2007- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, ODIHR, has opened a limited election observation mission for the presidential election in Uzbekistan on 23 December...
OSCE human rights body raises concern of attacks and restrictions on human rights defenders
Publishing date: 10 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
VIENNA, 10 December 2007- A report by the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on patterns of human rights violations against those defending such rights was launched in Vienna today on International Human Rights Day...