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Warsaw conference calls on OSCE countries to uphold human rights principles
Publishing date: 25 September 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
WARSAW, 25 September 2007- OSCE countries should embrace open dialogue to identify the human rights shortcomings and challenges facing the region, said the head of OSCE's human rights watchdog at the start of Europe's largest human rights conference...
OSCE Mission supports Moldova to improve safe storage of stockpile ammunition, small arms
Publishing date: 24 September 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Conflict prevention and resolution
CHISINAU, 24 September 2007- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova today called on the Moldovan authorities to improve storage conditions for stockpile ammunition and said the OSCE is ready to help...
OSCE Mission to Skopje raises awareness on environmental issues among schoolchildren
Publishing date: 24 September 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Environmental activities
SKOPJE, 24 September 2007- Raising environmental awareness among schoolchildren of different ethnic backgrounds is the aim of an OSCE-supported project launched today in Skopje...
OSCE media freedom representative calls on Tajikistan to protect free flow of information on Internet
Publishing date: 21 September 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 21 September 2007- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, today called on Tajikistan to bring its legislation in line with its OSCE commitments by revoking recent criminal code amendments...
OSCE Centre sponsors Community Policing training for Kyrgyz law enforcement
Publishing date: 21 September 2007
BISHKEK, 21 September 2007- Fifteen policemen of the Kyrgyz Interior Ministry today received certificates for completing a training course on Community Policing sponsored by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek...
OSCE Centre supports study visit to Germany by Turkmenistan Members of Parliament
Publishing date: 21 September 2007
ASHGABAD, 21 September 2007- Members of Turkmenistan's Mejlis (Parliament) today concluded a study visit to Germany, where they shared experiences on parliamentary work and legislative processes with their German counterparts...
Co-operation crucial to combat spread of child pornography online, highlights OSCE Vienna conference
Publishing date: 20 September 2007
VIENNA, 20 September 2007- Enhancing the ability of law enforcement bodies to investigate and prosecute those responsible for the sexual exploitation of children over the Internet is the focus of an OSCE conference that began in Vienna today...