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The OSCE and the Council of Europe: assessment of the human rights situation in Georgia needed
Publishing date: 15 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
BRUSSELS, 15 September 2008- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb, and Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, the Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, met today in Brussels...
OSCE trains Armenian human rights defenders on monitoring freedom of assembly
Publishing date: 15 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
YEREVAN, 15 September 2008- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights launched a four-day training course today for Armenian human rights defenders on how to monitor and report on the freedom of assembly...
OSCE Centre in Ashgabad organizes workshop on railway safety and infrastructure planning
Publishing date: 14 September 2008
ASHGABAD, 14 September 2008- Sharing international best practices and technical expertise in the areas of railway safety and infrastructure planning was the focus of a four-day workshop which concluded in Ashgabad today.
OSCE course on travel document security concludes in Ashgabad
Publishing date: 12 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Education, Countering terrorism
ASHGABAD, 12 September 2008- A two-week OSCE-sponsored training course on strengthening travel document security concluded in Ashgabad today...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator helps raise sustainability of Ukrainian civil society organizations
Publishing date: 12 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
KYIV, 12 September 2008- Twenty five representatives of civil society organizations are taking part in a seminar on fundraising, organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine today...
Human rights challenges in Tajikistan focus of meeting organized by OSCE Office
Publishing date: 12 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
DUSHANBE, 12 September 2008- Free and fair elections, violence against women, prevention of torture, access to prisons and forced labour were topics discussed at a two-day meeting organized by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan that concluded today...
OSCE Secretary General meets President Karzai, discusses assistance to Afghanistan
Publishing date: 10 September 2008
Content type: Press release
KABUL, 10 September 2008- The OSCE Secretary General, Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, met President Hamid Karzai today to discuss assistance the Organization could provide to Afghanistan...