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Outgoing OSCE Minorities Commissioner: Integration key to conflict prevention
Publishing date: 28 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
VIENNA, 28 June 2007- The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Rolf Ekeus, emphasized today the importance of operational conflict prevention in his final speech to the OSCE's Permanent Council, saying the key was promoting integration..
OSCE joint meeting to promote fighting the threat of illicit drugs
Publishing date: 27 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Policing
VIENNA, 27 June 2007- In partnership with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the OSCE Strategic Police Matters Unit is organizing a two-day conference on "Fighting the Threat of Illicit Drugs" that will start tomorrow.
OSCE Presence in Albania launches database on land restitution and compensation claims
Publishing date: 27 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Democratization, Economic activities, Rule of law
TIRANA, 27 June 2007- The OSCE Presence in Albania and the Albanian Property Restitution and Compensation Agency (PRCA) today launched a database of all restitution and compensation claims on immovable property submitted in the last 13 years...
Study on deforestation in Armenia made public with OSCE Office support
Publishing date: 27 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Environmental activities
YEREVAN, 27 June 2007- A study on deforestation in Armenia, prepared by the Economy and Values Research Centre with financial support from the British Embassy, was made public today with the support of the OSCE Office in Yerevan...
Albania and international organizations promote personal data protection
Publishing date: 27 June 2007
TIRANA, 27 June 2007- The Council of Europe (CoE) in co-operation with the OSCE Presence in Albania and the Albanian Justice Ministry organized today a conference on privacy and personal data protection...
OSCE Office in Baku supports project on unified water standards
Publishing date: 27 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Environmental activities
BAKU, 26 June 2007- The establishment of common standardized sampling and data management procedures are the main goals of a project supported by the OSCE Office in Baku, which is now entering its fifth year.
OSCE Centre organizes study visit for Turkmenistan's customs officials
Publishing date: 27 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Democratization, Border management, Education, Rule of law
ASHGABAD, 27 June 2007- Three members of Turkmenistan's customs service have just completed a one-week study tour to customs training facilities in Muenster and Plessow in Germany...