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OSCE supports Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan in conducting environmental impact assessments in a transboundary context

Publishing date: 25 March 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Environmental activities
BISHKEK, 25 March 2009- Government officials and experts from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan as well as representatives from the OSCE and the UNECE are meeting in Bishkek today to discuss environmental impact assessments in a transboundary context...

OSCE helps Serbian municipal officials and journalists improve communication to ease access to information

Publishing date: 25 March 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development
BELGRADE, 25 March 2009- A two-day OSCE training seminar that started in Belgrade today aims to help municipal officials and journalists work together to increase the public's access to information...

Elections met most international standards, despite some remaining challenges, observers in Skopje say

Publishing date: 23 March 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections
SKOPJE, 23 March 2009- The first round of yesterday's presidential and municipal elections in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia met most international standards, although some challenges remain to be addressed...

OSCE Chairperson visits Georgia, says Organization's work not yet done

Publishing date: 23 March 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
TBILISI, 23 March 2009- The situation on the ground in Georgia means an OSCE presence remains vital and the Chairmanship's priority is to secure a new mandate, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis, said today...

Leading European rights agencies warn economic crisis fuels racism and xenophobia

Publishing date: 20 March 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
VIENNA, 20 March 2009- In a statement issued ahead of International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, three European human rights bodies expressed concern that the economic crisis is beginning to fuel racist and xenophobic intolerance...

Head of the OSCE Office in Tajikistan visits Rasht Valley

Publishing date: 20 March 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
GARM, Tajikistan, 20 March 2009- Ambassador Vladimir Pryakhin, the Head of the OSCE Office in Tajikistan, ended a two-day visit to the OSCE's Garm Field Office and the Rasht Valley today...

OSCE/ODIHR launches guidelines on hate crime laws

Publishing date: 19 March 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
VIENNA, 19 March 2009- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) launched a new tool today to help states combat hate crimes...