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OSCE High Commissioner issues statement on protection of minorities and citizens abroad

Publishing date: 25 August 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: National minority issues
THE HAGUE, 25 August 2008- The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Knut Vollebaek, issued the following statement today: "During the current conflict between Russia and Georgia...

OSCE Mission to Skopje supports training of NGOs dealing with human trafficking issues

Publishing date: 22 August 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
SKOPJE, 22 August 2008- Increasing awareness of human rights and gender sensitivity among the NGOs dealing with human trafficking issues is the aim of a training course that begins in Skopje tomorrow...

OSCE Chairman welcomes release of prisoners in Belarus

Publishing date: 22 August 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
HELSINKI, 22 August 2008- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb, welcomed today the Belarusian authorities' release of prisoners Aleksandr Kozulin, Andrey Kim, and Sergei Parsyukevich...

OSCE Chairman reaffirms Organization's commitment to stabilize post-conflict situation in South Caucasus

Publishing date: 22 August 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
TBILISI, 22 August 2008- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finland's Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb, said today that the Organization was strongly committed to helping stabilize the current situation in Georgia...

OSCE Project Co-ordinator visits Ukraine's Zaporizhya region to assess projects

Publishing date: 21 August 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
ZAPORIZHYA, Ukraine, 21 August 2008- The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine, Ambassador Lubomir Kopaj, is visiting Zaporizhya region this week to evaluate the effectiveness of existing OSCE projects and discuss developing new ones...

OSCE Office supports training on conflict prevention in Kyrgyz penitentiary facilities

Publishing date: 21 August 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Rule of law
JALAL ABAD, Kyrgyzstan, 21 August 2008- Methods of conflict prevention in detention facilities was the focus of a training course that ended in Jalal Abad today...

OSCE Chairman welcomes OSCE States' decision for up to 100 monitors to Georgia

Publishing date: 19 August 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
BRUSSELS, 19 August 2008- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb, issued the following statement on the OSCE Permanent Council's decision to increase the number of monitors to the Mission to Georgia by up to 100...