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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...
OSCE helps Georgia dismantle and recycle TNT-filled munitions
Publishing date: 12 March 2007
TBILISI, 12 March 2007- Thousands of obsolete TNT-filled shells will be recycled with the help of special equipment delivered today to the Dedoplitskaro military base in eastern Georgia under an OSCE programme...
Miklos Haraszti appointed OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media for second term
Publishing date: 8 March 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development
VIENNA, 8 March 2007- Miklos Haraszti was appointed OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media for a second three-year term today. Haraszti, a Hungarian writer and former dissident, was...