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Finnish parliamentarian Eva Biaudet appointed OSCE special representative on combating human trafficking
Publishing date: 19 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
VIENNA, 19 October 2006- Eva Biaudet, a Finnish Member of Parliament, has been appointed today as the OSCE Special Representative on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings...
OSCE media freedom representative promotes media development in Central Asia
Publishing date: 19 October 2006
Content type: Press release
What we do: Digital switchover, Media freedom and development, Media laws
BISHKEK, 19 October 2006- Legal issues and other challenges related to the privatization of the media was the focus of a one-day conference today in Bishkek attended by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti...
OSCE Office Head meets Armenian Parliament Speaker, discusses electoral reform and media legislation
Publishing date: 19 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
YEREVAN, 19 October 2006- The Head of the OSCE Office in Yerevan, Ambassador Vladimir Pryakhin, discussed today with Tigran Torosyan, the Chairman of the Armenian National Assembly, the electoral reform and amendments to the law on TV and Radio...
OSCE Centre supports transparency in law-making process of Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 19 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
ASTANA, 19 October 2006- Ways to increase transparency and the role of civil society in the parliamentary decision-making process were discussed at an international conference which opened in Astana today...
OSCE Mission to Skopje concludes project strengthening neighborhood self-government unit
Publishing date: 19 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
SKOPJE, 19 October 2006- Strengthening local authority bodies known as neighborhood self-government units was the purpose of a series of meetings that ended in Skopje today...
OSCE Centre supports confidence and security-building measures in Central Asia
Publishing date: 19 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
ALMATY, 19 October 2006- Confidence and security-building measures in Central Asia are the topic of a meeting, Organized by the OSCE Centre in Almaty, the Kazakh Defence Ministry and NATO, that ends in Almaty today...
Transport, security and environmental protection focus of OSCE-Norwegian technical workshop
Publishing date: 18 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
TOENSBERG, 18 October 2006- The need for transport routes that take into account concerns about the environment and security was the focus of an OSCE-supported workshop that concluded today in Norway...