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OSCE Office launches film festival to commemorate International Human Rights Day
Publishing date: 3 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
MINSK, 3 December 2007- The OSCE Office in Minsk launched today an eight-day film festival under the theme "Dignity, Equality, Justness" that will close on 10 December, International Human Rights Day...
OSCE Special Envoy travels to Moscow to brief Chairman on Duma elections
Publishing date: 3 December 2007
MADRID, 3 December 2007- The Special Envoy of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Josep Borrrell, visited Moscow from 30 November to 2 December to keep the Chairman informed about Sunday's elections to the State Duma...
OSCE Ministers agree Chairmanship bids, greater engagement in Afghanistan
Publishing date: 30 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
MADRID, 30 November 2007- Increased OSCE support to Afghanistan and the OSCE Chairmanships for the 2009-2011 period were agreed at the 15th Ministerial Council, which ended today in Madrid...
OSCE Office in Yerevan supports dialogue on freedom of conscience and religion in Armenia
Publishing date: 30 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
YEREVAN, 30 November 2007- The OSCE Office in Yerevan today hosted a meeting during which representatives of government, non-governmental organizations and different religious communities discussed freedom of conscience and religion in Armenia...
OSCE Centre in Ashgabad organizes training course on suspects' rights
Publishing date: 30 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Human rights, Education, Rule of law
ASHGABAD, 30 November 2007- International human rights standards related to the treatment of the accused, from arrest to trial, were the focus of a training course organized by the OSCE Centre in Ashgabad in co-operation with...
Afghan police officers participate in OSCE course on fighting drug trafficking
Publishing date: 29 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Education, Policing, Rule of law
DOMODEDOVO, Russia, 29 November 2007- Methods to fight drug trafficking were the focus of a three-week long OSCE-organized course for ten Afghan police officers that concluded today...
OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs issue statement on Nagorno-Karabakh
Publishing date: 29 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Minsk Group
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
MADRID, 29 November 2007- "Prior to the opening of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Madrid, U.S. Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, and French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner met with...