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OSCE Mission contributes to International Summer University in Bitola
Publishing date: 9 July 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Education, Gender equality
SKOPJE, 9 July 2007- Gender and discrimination are the focus of two courses funded by the OSCE Mission to Skopje at this year's International Summer University, launched in Bitola today...
OSCE Chairman says he supports closing OSCE Mission to Croatia by the end of the year
Publishing date: 8 July 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Democratization
DUBROVNIK, 8 July 2007- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, said yesterday he favours closing the OSCE Mission to Croatia by the end of 2007...
OSCE celebrates in Armenia the 120th anniversary of Marc Chagall's birth
Publishing date: 6 July 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
YEREVAN, 6 July 2007- Promoting tolerance in Armenia through cultural exchange is the aim of a festival in memory of Russian-born French artist Marc Chagall opening tomorrow with the support of the OSCE Office in Yerevan.
OSCE Centre trains members of Tajik Parliament to create and improve gender laws
Publishing date: 5 July 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
KHOJA OBI GARM, Tajikistan, 5 July 2007- Raising awareness of gender equality issues among members of the Tajik Parliament was the aim of a five-day OSCE-supported training course in the mountainous health resort of Khoja Obi Garm in central Tajikistan.
OSCE Chairman urges Ukrainian leaders to ensure September elections are transparent
Publishing date: 5 July 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
KYIV, 5 July 2007- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, urged Ukrainian leaders today to ensure that a sense of political maturity and responsibility prevails in the run-up to the parliamentary elections.
Ambassador Knut Vollebaek appointed OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
Publishing date: 5 July 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, OSCE Main Website
VIENNA, 5 July 2007- The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe appointed Ambassador Knut Vollebaek, a former Foreign Minister of Norway, as OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities.
OSCE Project Co-ordinator launches anti-trafficking training sessions for Ukrainian regional authorities
Publishing date: 3 July 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
KYIV, 3 July 2007- About 400 Ukrainian regional governmental officials will participate in a series of 15 regional training sessions on how to fight human trafficking that will be held in July and August as part of a project launched today by the OSCE...