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OSCE Centre helps ensure broad media coverage of Tajikistan presidential election campaign
Publishing date: 18 September 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
DUSHANBE, 18 September 2006- Providing balanced and diverse information on all presidential candidates and their campaigns to help voters make well-informed choices is the aim of an OSCE-sponsored online election portal launched today on...
OSCE Office supports launch of Armenian Chamber of Advocates website
Publishing date: 15 September 2006
YEREVAN, 15 September 2006- The official website of the Armenian Chamber of Advocates was launched today with support from the OSCE Office in Yerevan. It will ensure everyone who needs qualified legal aid will be able to receive it...
OSCE Chairman calls for investigation into death of imprisoned Turkmen journalist
Publishing date: 15 September 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
BRUSSELS, 15 September 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, today expressed deep concern about the death in custody of Radio Free Europe reporter and human rights activist Ogulsapar Muradova...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports training course for municipal tax officers
Publishing date: 15 September 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
SKOPJE, 15 September 2006- A training course for municipal finance officers working in tax administration departments began in Struga today. The three-day event, supported by the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje...
Prince Albert II of Monaco to visit OSCE on 18 September
Publishing date: 15 September 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
VIENNA, 15 September 2006- Prince Albert II of Monaco will visit the OSCE on 18 September to discuss the Organization's work in the fight against trafficking in human beings, in particular the protection of children...
NATO's General Jones briefs OSCE Permanent Council on Afghanistan mission
Publishing date: 14 September 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Partnerships, Permanent Council
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 14 September 2006- NATO's Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, U.S. Marine Corps General James L. Jones, said today the Alliance was grateful to OSCE participating States that have contributed their troops to the mission in Afghanistan...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports regional cross border co-operation between national and Albanian border police
Publishing date: 14 September 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Border management, Policing
SKOPJE, 14 September 2006- Strengthening co-operation between national border police and senior border police officers from northern Albania was the focus of an OSCE-supported workshop that ended today in Struga...