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OSCE starts community policing project in Armenia
Publishing date: 30 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Policing
YEREVAN, 30 October 2006- As part of its Police Assistance Programme for Armenia, the OSCE today kicked off a community policing project in Yerevan, which aims at improving the co-operation between the country's police forces and the public...
Training school for local civil servants presented by OSCE Croatia Mission and State Administration
Publishing date: 27 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Democratization
ZAGREB, 27 October 2006- The OSCE Mission to Croatia and the country's Central State Administration Office launched a training academy for officials and employees in local and regional self-government units in Zagreb today...
Georgian Prime Minister calls for implementation of South Ossetia peace plan, suggests increase of OSCE monitors
Publishing date: 27 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 27 October 2006- Georgia's Prime Minister Zurab Nogaideli, speaking at the OSCE Permanent Council today, called for implementation of an OSCE-approved peace plan for Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia...
OSCE organizes Armenian Ombudsman visit to Lithuania
Publishing date: 27 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Human rights
YEREVAN, 27 October 2006- The Armenian Ombudsman, Armen Harutyunyan, today wrapped up a five-day visit to the Ombudsman institution of Lithuania's Parliament (Seimas), which was organized by the OSCE...
Kazakhstan's Foreign Minister elaborates on bid for 2009 OSCE Chairmanship
Publishing date: 27 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
VIENNA, 27 October 2006- The Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan, Kassymzhomart Tokaev, urged the OSCE participating States today to back his country in its bid for the Chairmanship of the Organization in 2009. Addressing the Permanent Council...
OSCE Moldova Mission calls for fair and equal campaigning in Gagauz elections
Publishing date: 27 October 2006
CHISINAU, 27 October 2006- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, Amb. O'Neill called today on central and regional authorities to ensure fair and equal campaign conditions for the December elections in the autonomous Gagauz region in Moldova...
Journalists killed during Tajik civil war remembered at OSCE-supported ceremony
Publishing date: 27 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Media freedom and development
DUSHANBE, 27 October 2006- A memorial plaque dedicated to journalists who lost their lives during the 1992-97 Tajik civil war was unveiled in Dushanbe today. "The plaque commemorates...