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Implementing UN Resolution 1540 focus of OSCE workshop in Vienna
Publishing date: 8 November 2006
VIENNA, 8 November 2006- Developing national strategies and action plans to implement UNSC Resolution 1540 on the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and ways of keeping them out of the reach of terrorist groups is the focus of an OSCE...
Tajik democracy not fully tested in uncompetitive presidential election
Publishing date: 7 November 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
DUSHANBE, 7 November 2006- Democratic practices were not fully tested in the 6 November presidential election in Tajikistan due to the absence of genuine competition, thus providing voters with only nominal choice, concludes an OSCE statement issued...
OSCE Centre in Ashgabad organizes workshop on combating illicit arms trade
Publishing date: 7 November 2006
ASHGABAD, 7 November 2006- A two-day workshop on combating illicit arms trade, organized by the OSCE Centre in Ashgabad and Turkmenistan's Foreign Ministry, ended today in Ashgabad...
OSCE Office in Baku opens computer education centre in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 7 November 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Rule of law
BAKU, 7 November 2006- The OSCE Office in Baku opened today a computer education centre in a correctional facility for youth in Baku...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator to hold meeting in Kyiv on media development
Publishing date: 7 November 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Media freedom and development
KYIV, 7 November 2006- Ways of further developing a transparent, free and professional media environment in Ukraine will be discussed at a meeting in Kyiv, organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine and the NGO International Media Support...
Belgium to host 14th OSCE Ministerial Council meeting on 4 and 5 December
Publishing date: 6 November 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
BRUSSELS, 6 November 2006- The 14th Ministerial Council meeting of the OSCE will take place in Brussels, Belgium on 4 and 5 December 2006, at the invitation of the Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister, Karel De Gucht...
German Foreign Minister Steinmeier visits OSCE Academy in Bishkek
Publishing date: 6 November 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
BISHKEK, 6 November 2006- German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier visited the OSCE Academy in Bishkek on Saturday to meet...