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OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation holds 500th meeting
Publishing date: 29 November 2006
VIENNA, 29 November 2006- The Forum for Security Co-operation has become a major mechanism for ensuring the OSCE norms of openness and transparency work in the politico-military sphere...
OSCE-sponsored forum focuses on the role of Tajik women in development issues
Publishing date: 28 November 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Economic activities, Education, Gender equality
DUSHANBE, 28 November 2006- Mobilizing civil society to participate in the development and implementation of governmental policies is the aim of an OSCE-sponsored forum for women's non-governmental organizations that opened today in Dushanbe...
OSCE Office helps discuss challenges facing women lawyers in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 28 November 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Gender equality
BAKU, 28 November 2006- Challenges facing women lawyers in Azerbaijan and ways of enhancing their role in society were the main topics of an OSCE-organized international conference which ended in Baku today. Participants...
Human rights and the army in Armenia focus of discussion organized by OSCE Office
Publishing date: 28 November 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
YEREVAN, 28 November, 2006- Conscientious objectors, alternative military service and civil society oversight of the armed forces were the key topics of a discussion organized today by the OSCE Office in Yerevan and the Open Society Institute...
OSCE High Commissioner welcomes inter-state dialogue on minority education in Central Asia
Publishing date: 28 November 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: Education, National minority issues
TASHKENT, 28 November 2006- The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Rolf Ekeus, welcomed today the decision by four Central Asian States to launch a regular inter-state dialogue and assist each other on issues of social integration...
OSCE Centre promotes eco-tourism in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 28 November 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
ASTANA, 28 November 2006- Promoting ecological tourism in Kazakhstan is the focus of a two-day OSCE roundtable that began today in Astana...
Joint Statement on Bashkan elections in autonomous territorial unit of Gagauzia within the Republic of Moldova
Publishing date: 28 November 2006
CHISINAU, 28 November 2006- The OSCE Mission to Moldova issued the following joint statement today: "We welcome the public commitments made by the Government of Moldova and local authorities in Gagauzia that the December 3 elections and any possible...