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Ambassador Knut Vollebaek appointed OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
Publishing date: 5 July 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, OSCE Main Website
VIENNA, 5 July 2007- The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe appointed Ambassador Knut Vollebaek, a former Foreign Minister of Norway, as OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities.
OSCE Project Co-ordinator launches anti-trafficking training sessions for Ukrainian regional authorities
Publishing date: 3 July 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
KYIV, 3 July 2007- About 400 Ukrainian regional governmental officials will participate in a series of 15 regional training sessions on how to fight human trafficking that will be held in July and August as part of a project launched today by the OSCE...
OSCE-supported report recommends revision of state migration strategy and legislation
Publishing date: 3 July 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Education, National minority issues, Rule of law
YEREVAN, 3 July 2007- The findings of an OSCE Office in Yerevan-supported study on migration legislation and administration in Armenia were discussed at a meeting today attended by experts from key Government and international institutions...
Cutting of first T 55 tank marks beginning of implementation of Montenegro Demilitarization Programme
Publishing date: 3 July 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Montenegro
PODGORICA, 3 July, 2007- The main gun barrel of the first of 61 surplus T 55 tanks of the Montenegrin armed forces was cut today to mark the beginning of implementation of the Montenegro Demilitarization Programme (MONDEM).
OSCE Chairman is deeply concerned about 'worrying new development' in Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone
Publishing date: 2 July 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
MADRID, 2 July 2007- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, expressed his deep concern today over the continuing increase in tension in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict.
OSCE Office in Yerevan trains law enforcement personnel on democratic management
Publishing date: 30 June 2007
TSAKHKADZOR, Armenia, 30 June, 2007- Democratic governance of the security sector is the focus of an OSCE-supported training course for representatives of the police, the Ministry of Justice, the National Assembly, NGOs, and journalists.
OSCE Office helps bring police and citizens closer in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 29 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Policing
MINGECHEVIR, Azerbaijan, 30 June 2007- Hundreds of people attended today's Police Open Day, organized by the OSCE Office in Baku and the Ministry of the Interior, with the aim of raising awareness of police activities...