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OSCE promotes media self-regulation in Armenia
Publishing date: 15 March 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Media freedom and development
YEREVAN, 15 March 2007- Establishing a media self-regulation system in Armenia, as well as accountability and professional norms in the coverage of elections and inter-ethnic relations, were discussed at a seminar that ended in Yerevan today...
OSCE/ODIHR, partners support creation of national torture prevention mechanism in Georgia
Publishing date: 14 March 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Rule of law
TBILISI, 14 March 2007- Implementating the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture in Georgia was the topic of a conference attended by over 70 government officials, civil society and international representatives in Tbilisi yesterday...
OSCE Representative calls for release of Uzbek journalist
Publishing date: 13 March 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 13 March 2007- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, has called for the release of the detained Uzbek journalist and human rights activist, Umida Niyazova...
Project plans for economic rehabilitation of zone of Georgian-Ossetian conflict discussed at OSCE meeting
Publishing date: 13 March 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
TBILISI, 13 March 2007- International projects for the economic rehabilitation of the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict are being discussed at an OSCE-chaired Steering Committee meeting in Tskhinvali today...
Sustainable water management crucial for security in OSCE region, says Chairman
Publishing date: 12 March 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities, Good governance
ZARAGOZA, Spain, 12 March 2007- OSCE Chairman Miguel Angel Moratinos said today that sustainable water management was a crucial aspect of security, and urged participating Sates to broaden regional co-operation in this field...
Head of OSCE Mission to Skopje discusses decentralization process with municipal officials
Publishing date: 12 March 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
SKOPJE, 12 March 2007- Ambassador Giorgio Radicati, the Head of the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje, met today the mayor of Karposh to discuss achievements and challenges of the decentralization process...
OSCE Mission Head concerned about actions taken against Moldovan opposition parties
Publishing date: 12 March 2007
CHISINAU, 12 March 2007- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, Ambassador Louis O'Neill, called today on Moldovan authorities to ensure equal conditions for the activities of political parties before the local elections expected to be held in June...