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OSCE election analysts to follow US mid-term elections
Publishing date: 24 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
WASHINGTON, 24 October 2006- The OSCE's election observation body, the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, has deployed an Election Assessment Mission for the 7 November mid-term congressional elections in the United States...
Georgia, Kosovo, gender issues and Secretary General focus of OSCE Magazine
Publishing date: 24 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Secretariat
VIENNA, 24 October 2006- An account of how the OSCE Belgian Chairmanship brokered an urgently needed solution in Georgia after four Russian officers were taken into custody is the lead item in the October issue of the OSCE Magazine, now available...
OSCE tolerance meeting wraps up with calls for more youth initiatives and diversity education at schools
Publishing date: 24 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
DUBROVNIK, 24 October 2006- The important role of youth education in the fight against xenophobia and intolerance and the increasing interest among OSCE participating States in promoting youth initiatives were the focus of an international meeting...
OSCE Office in Yerevan presents second edition of textbook on Organization's past and present
Publishing date: 24 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
YEREVAN, 24 October 2006- An updated version of a textbook entitled "OSCE: History, Activities and Perspectives" was presented by the OSCE Office in Yerevan today...
OSCE, UNODC Vienna workshop focuses on combating illicit drug threat
Publishing date: 24 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
VIENNA, 24 October 2006- Experts from the OSCE and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime will discuss the role of international co-operation in combating illicit drug trafficking at a meeting that began in Vienna today. The event...
OSCE expert meeting: education is key element to promote respect and fight intolerance
Publishing date: 23 October 2006
Content type: Press release
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
DUBROVNIK, 23 October 2006- Teacher training, improved curricula and education about the Holocaust are central elements in the fight against racism, xenophobia and anti-Semitism, speakers said at an international OSCE meeting in Croatia today...
Croatia signs memorandum of understanding with OSCE/ODIHR on fighting hate crime
Publishing date: 23 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
DUBROVNIK, 23 October 2006- The Croatian Interior Ministry and the OSCE/ODIHR today signed a memorandum of understanding under which Croatia commits to institutionalize hate crime training within the existing national curriculum for police training...