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UNHCR Representation, OSCE Mission call for full integration of refugees opting to stay in Serbia
Publishing date: 22 October 2007
BELGRADE, 22 October 2007- Full integration of refugees wishing to remain in Serbia would be a step towards finding durable solutions for the region's displaced, said a study by the UNHCR Representation and the OSCE Mission presented in Belgrade today...
OSCE Mission to Skopje helps students strengthen inter-ethnic dialogue
Publishing date: 22 October 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: National minority issues
SKOPJE, 22 October 2007- Strengthening inter-ethnic dialogue and building confidence among seventy students of different ethnic background from four secondary schools, is the aim of a project launched in Kumanovo today...
OSCE Centre supports anti-trafficking seminar for orphaned girls in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 19 October 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
DUSHANBE, 19 October 2007- Teaching orphaned girls about the risks of human trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation and the recruitment methods used by traffickers are the aim of OSCE Centre-supported seminars in Dushanbe...
OSCE economic rehabilitation projects in zone of Georgian-Ossetian conflict discussed in Tskhinvali
Publishing date: 19 October 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Economic activities
TBILISI, 19 October 2007- Ongoing internationally-funded projects for the economic rehabilitation of the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict are being discussed at an OSCE-chaired meeting underway in Tskhinvali today.
ODIHR launches project on monitoring freedom of assembly in Moldova
Publishing date: 19 October 2007
Content type: Press release
What we do: Human rights
CHISINAU, 19 October 2007- A five-day training course for human rights defenders, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, ended in Chisinau today...
Conviction of assassinated journalist's son for "insulting Turkish identity" more proof Article 301 must be abolished, says OSCE media watchdog
Publishing date: 18 October 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 18 October 2007- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media has called on Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to urgently repeal Article 301 of Turkey's Penal Code, which makes it an offence to "insult Turkish identity" and which...
OSCE Centre supports judicial reform in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 18 October 2007
ASTANA, 18 October 2007- Improving criminal procedure and penitentiary legislation in Kazakhstan is the focus of an OSCE Centre conference that opened today in Astana...