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OSCE Chairman expresses serious regrets at the failure of Joint Control Commission meeting on Georgian-Ossetian conflict
Publishing date: 13 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
BRUSSELS, 13 October 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, today said he seriously regretted that the meeting of the four-party Joint Control Commission on the resolution of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict failed...
OSCE field office in Syunik province organizes environmental action
Publishing date: 13 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Environmental activities
YEREVAN, 13 October 2006- More than 30 schoolchildren and local volunteers helped clean up some 2 hectares of land around the Vahanavank (King Vahan's Monastery) historic monument in the Armenian province of Syunik this week...
Gap between human rights defenders and governments must be closed, top OSCE official says
Publishing date: 13 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
WARSAW, 13 October 2006- The OSCE and its 56 participating States need to act to close the "widening gap between human rights defenders and governmental authorities," the Director of the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights...
OSCE Mission in Skopje supports system for transparent distribution of court cases
Publishing date: 13 October 2006
SKOPJE, 13 October 2006- A software system that makes the assignment of court cases to judges more transparent was delivered today to the Appellate Court in Skopje under a project supported by the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje...
OSCE human rights body launches information system and hate incidents report
Publishing date: 12 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
WARSAW, 12 October 2006- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights today launched a tolerance and non-discrimination information system that focuses on issues such as hate incidents, xenophobia and religious freedom in the OSCE's...
OSCE Centre launches magazine and website on gender issues in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 12 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Gender equality
DUSHANBE, 12 October 2006- Raising the awareness of local authorities, community leaders and non-governmental organizations on gender issues is the aim of an OSCE-sponsored magazine "Window to the World" and website presented today in Dushanbe...
OSCE Secretary General makes first visit to partner state Mongolia
Publishing date: 11 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Asian Partners for Co-operation, Partners for Co-operation, OSCE Secretariat
ULAANBAATAR, 11 October 2006- The Secretary General of the OSCE, Ambassador Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, made a two-day trip to Mongolia this week for talks with the country's President and other officials. Ambassador de Brichambaut...