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OSCE Chairman pledges full support for mediators' Nagorno-Karabakh peace efforts
Publishing date: 10 May 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
MADRID, 10 May 2007- OSCE Chairman Miguel Angel Moratinos met the three Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group and pledged full support for their intensive mediation efforts to assist the parties in finding a resolution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict...
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities visits Skopje
Publishing date: 10 May 2007
Content type: Press release
What we do: National minority issues
SKOPJE, 10 May 2007- The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Ambassador Rolf Ekeus ended a three-day visit to Skopje and Tetovo today, during which he met government officials and political party and minority representatives...
Police role in combating terrorism focus of OSCE Madrid meeting
Publishing date: 9 May 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism, Policing
MADRID, 9 May 2007- Enhancing the role of the police in the fight against terrorism was the aim of an experts-level OSCE meeting that ends in Madrid today. The two-day event..
OSCE Chairman condemns threats against monitors in zone of Georgian-Ossetian conflict
Publishing date: 9 May 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
MADRID, 9 May 2007- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, has condemned the actions of a group of men who said they were South Ossetian 'militia' who fired weapons and threatened a Joint Peacekeeping Forces...
Norwegian police officers visit OSCE Skopje Mission
Publishing date: 8 May 2007
SKOPJE, 8 May 2007- Nine Norwegian police officers visited the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje this week to study community policing, and activities aimed at combating organized crime and human trafficking...
OSCE press freedom watchdog condemns prison sentences handed down to journalists in Azerbaijan for essay on religion
Publishing date: 7 May 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 7 May 2007- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, said today he was deeply concerned about the harsh prison sentences handed down to two Azerbaijani journalists from the monthly newspaper Senet...
OSCE election body concerned about Armenia's refusal to issue visas to observers
Publishing date: 7 May 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
WARSAW, 7 May 2007- The Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights Ambassador Christian Strohal, said today he was concerned about visa problems that some official election observers face in Armenia.