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OSCE welcomes establishment of media ethics council in Albania
Publishing date: 28 September 2006
Content type: Press release
What we do: Media freedom and development
TIRANA/VIENNA, 28 September 2006- The OSCE Representative on the Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, and the Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Pavel Vacek, welcomed today the creation of the Albanian Council on Media Ethics...
Freedom of information discussed at OSCE-organized conference in Yerevan
Publishing date: 28 September 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
YEREVAN, 28 September 2006- The implementation of the law on freedom of information in Armenia was the theme of an OSCE-organized conference and awards ceremony held in Yerevan today. It brought together...
OSCE Chairman calls on leaders to help solve tense "frozen conflicts"
Publishing date: 28 September 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
VIENNA, 28 September 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office Karel De Gucht called today for political leaders to show vision and take responsibility to help solve "frozen conflicts" that threaten to erupt anew at any time. The Minister also...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports publication of handbooks on access to information
Publishing date: 28 September 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
SKOPJE, 28 September 2006- Two handbooks with guidelines on access to public information and the responsibilities and rights of officials were presented in Skopje today to mark the Right to Know Day. The publications were...
Amended Kazakh media law needs further improvements, OSCE media freedom representative says
Publishing date: 27 September 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Digital switchover, Media freedom and development, Media laws, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 27 September 2006- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, has presented a comprehensive report to the Kazakh authorities that includes recommendations to improve the recently amended media law of Kazakhstan...
OSCE's human rights and democratization body publishes analysis of political environment in Georgia
Publishing date: 26 September 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Elections
TBILISI, 26 September 2006- The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today presented an analysis of the political landscape in Georgia, focusing on inter-party relations and party outreach...
Anti-trafficking and non-discrimination to top agenda of Europe's largest human rights meeting
Publishing date: 26 September 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
WARSAW, 26 September 2006- Some 900 international experts, government representatives and human rights activists will gather in Warsaw from 2 to 13 October for this year's session of the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting...