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OSCE Centre organizes training course in Germany for Turkmenistan arms control officers
Publishing date: 18 December 2007
ASHGABAD, 18 December 2007- Six arms control officers from the Turkmenistan Defence Ministry completed a training course in Germany today on implementing the OSCE Vienna Document on Confidence and Security-Building Measures...
Kyrgyz elections fail to meet a number of OSCE commitments in missed opportunity
Publishing date: 17 December 2007
Content type: Press release
What we do: Elections
BISHKEK, 17 December 2007- The 16 December parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan failed to meet a number of OSCE commitments, despite respect for some that underscore existing pluralism, concluded the OSCE Election Observation Mission today...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports improvements of the Electoral Code
Publishing date: 17 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
SKOPJE, 17 December 2007- Amendments to the Electoral Code which would provide an improved institutional and legal framework for a more efficient, free and fair electoral processes were discussed at a conference in Skopje today...
Global media freedom rapporteurs call for less regulation in the digital era, but more care for public service and community broadcasting
Publishing date: 14 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
GENEVA/PRETORIA/VIENNA/WASHINGTON, 14 Dec 2007- Media freedom rapporteurs of the UN, the OSCE, the OAS and the ACHPR issued joint guidelines on the new role and scope of government involvement in safeguarding diversity in the era of digital broadcast...
OSCE Moldova Mission awards photo contest winners
Publishing date: 14 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
CHISINAU, 14 December 2007- The winners of the photo contest "Imaging Moldova- Diversity and Identity", organized by the OSCE Mission to Moldova, were announced in Chisinau today, with the first prize awarded to Iurie Foca...
OSCE Mission to Skopje, Department of Justice at US Embassy help strengthen professional capacity of judicial professionals
Publishing date: 14 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
SKOPJE, 14 December 2007- The principles of international humanitarian law were the focus of a training programme, supported by the OSCE Mission to Skopje...
OSCE helps plant trees in Tajikistan's rural areas to prevent land degradation
Publishing date: 14 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Environmental activities
DUSHANBE, 14 December 2007-Twenty thousand trees were planted in the Rasht Valley, Khatlon region and Hisar district of Tajikistan this week, as part of an OSCE-organized environmental action aimed at preventing the erosion of rural lands...