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OSCE conference to focus on helping governments combat sexual exploitation of children
Publishing date: 16 October 2007
Content type: Press release
VIENNA, 16 October 2007- Prevention, protection of victims and co-ordination of efforts to tackle commercial sexual exploitation of children is the focus of a two-day OSCE conference that starts Thursday in Vienna...
Netherlands' Robert Bosch new Head of OSCE Presence in Albania
Publishing date: 16 October 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Secretariat
VIENNA, 16 October 2007- Robert Bosch from the Netherlands has been appointed the new Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania. He will take office on 25 October...
Transdniestrian settlement mediators and observers welcome initiatives of sides in socio-economic area and freedom of movement
Publishing date: 16 October 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
MADRID, 16 October 2007- The mediators and observers in the Transdniestrian settlement process welcomed the recent initiatives of the Government of the Republic of Moldova to address common problems in the socio-economic area.
OSCE Mission to Skopje hosts third regional meeting on community policing
Publishing date: 16 October 2007
SKOPJE, 16 October 2007- Police experts, high-ranking police officers and civil society representatives from across Europe gathered today in Skopje for an OSCE Mission workshop to share best practices on community policing in multi-ethnic societies...
European Roma Rights Centre wins 2007 Max van der Stoel prize
Publishing date: 16 October 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: National minority issues, Roma and Sinti
THE HAGUE, 16 October 2007- The European Roma Rights Centre will be presented the 2007 Max van der Stoel Award by Knut Vollebaek, the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, in a ceremony today...
OSCE Centre organizes seminar for women entrepreneurs in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 15 October 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Gender equality
ASHGABAD, 15 October 2007- Women entrepreneurs in Turkmenistan had the opportunity to learn from their Central Asian peers through an OSCE Centre-supported seminar held over the weekend in the southeastern Mary region...
OSCE's election body sends team of experts for the Swiss federal elections
Publishing date: 15 October 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
WARSAW, 15 October 2007- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) deployed an election assessment mission to Switzerland today for the 21 October federal elections...