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Guide for the State language inspectors presented in Riga with OSCE support
Publishing date: 15 November 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: National minority issues
RIGA, 15 November 2006- A practice guide for the Latvian State language inspectors was presented in Riga today as part of a training programme, organized by the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities. "The new publication...
OSCE Mission to Skopje trains judges on gender issues
Publishing date: 14 November 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Gender equality
SKOPJE, 14 November 2006- Raising awareness of women's rights was the aim of a two-day OSCE-supported training course for judges and prosecutors that ended in Skopje today. Participants...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo supports municipal gender equality officers
Publishing date: 14 November 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Gender equality
PRISTINA, 14 November 2006- Lack of consideration and proper means are the main findings of a report on the situation of Municipal Officers for Gender Equality made public today by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo...
OSCE Field Office helps improve waste management in Osh
Publishing date: 14 November 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Environmental activities
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 14 November 2006- Improving waste management in the city of Osh was the aim of an OSCE-supported project successfully completed today. It was implemented in the last two months by the OSCE Field Office...
OSCE/ODIHR sends team of experts for Netherlands parliamentary elections
Publishing date: 13 November 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
WARSAW, 13 November 2006- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights deployed an Election Assessment Mission to the Netherlands today for the 22 November elections to the Lower Chamber (Tweede Kamer) of Parliament...
OSCE diplomats visit Russian military depot in Transdniestria
Publishing date: 13 November 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
CHISINAU, 13 November 2006- A group of more than 30 Ambassadors, Heads of Delegations to the OSCE, visited today a Russian ammunition depot in Moldova's breakaway Transdniestrian region. The visit was welcomed by...
Referendum in South Ossetia region not recognized and unproductive, OSCE Chairman says
Publishing date: 13 November 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Democratization, Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections
BRUSSELS, 13 November 2006- The OSCE does not recognize and does not acknowledge the outcomes of the referendum or any of the electoral activity in the South Ossetia region on 12 November, the Organization's Chairman-in-Office...