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OSCE, Council of Europe, European Commission present assistance plans for Azerbaijan election

Publishing date: 30 April 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Partnerships, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Elections
BAKU, 30 April 2008- Representatives of the Council of Europe, the European Commission and the OSCE presented plans today for assisting the Republic of Azerbaijan in preparing for the 15 October presidential election...

OSCE Centre sponsors music contest to promote gender equality and security in Tajikistan

Publishing date: 30 April 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Gender equality
DUSHANBE, 30 April 2008- The annual "Surudi Sol" (song of the year) concert, in part sponsored by OSCE Centre in Dushanbe, will be held today in the Tajik capital...

OSCE media freedom representative asks Russian legislators to halt move to allow closure of media outlets for defamation

Publishing date: 30 April 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Media freedom and development
VIENNA, 30 April 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media appealed to the heads of both houses of Russia's Parliament to stop the adoption of an amendment to a law which would allow the Government to close media outlets for alleged libel...

ODIHR deploys election observation mission to former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Publishing date: 30 April 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
WARSAW/SKOPJE, 30 April 2008- The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) is deploying an election observation mission for the 1 June pre-term parliamentary elections in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia...

Statement on situation in Georgia by OSCE PA President Goran Lennmarker

Publishing date: 30 April 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
COPENHAGEN, 30 April 2008- The President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Goran Lennmarker, today joined the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb...

OSCE Chairman urges de-escalation of situation in Georgia

Publishing date: 30 April 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
HELSINKI, 30 April 2008- OSCE Chairman Alexander Stubb said today he was seriously concerned over the recent developments in Georgia, and reiterated the Organization's full support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia...

OSCE Centre organizes workshop on food supply chains in Turkmenistan

Publishing date: 30 April 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
ASHGABAD, 30 April 2008- Officials from Turkmenistan's Agriculture Ministry, Food Industry Association, Bread Products Association, and other insitutions are taking part today in an OSCE-organized workshop...