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OSCE media freedom representative welcomes Kyrgyzstan's media self-regulatory body, the first in Central Asia

Publishing date: 12 February 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media self-regulation
VIENNA, 12 February 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFOM), Miklos Haraszti, congratulated today journalists in Kyrgyzstan on the launch of an independent media self-regulatory body...

OSCE representative urges parliamentarians to step up fight against human trafficking

Publishing date: 12 February 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
VIENNA, 12 February 2008- The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Eva Biaudet, said today that parliamentarians have a crucial role to play in the fight against trafficking...

OSCE Minsk Office organizes seminar on energy sources

Publishing date: 12 February 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
MINSK, 12 February 2008- Developing alternative and renewable sources of energy, including the use of biomass, is the focus of a seminar that opened in Minsk today...

OSCE Chairman meets Secretary of State Rice, says continued U.S. support crucial

Publishing date: 12 February 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution
WASHINGTON, 12 February 2008- The OSCE is a vital component of international security, and U.S. engagement in the Organization remains crucial, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Ilkka Kanerva, said after talks with U.S. Secretary...

Albanian civil society organizations promote increased participation of women in elections

Publishing date: 9 February 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Gender equality
TIRANA, 9 February 2008- Civil society experts today prepared a set of recommendations aiming to increase women's role in politics as candidates, leaders and voters. The proposals came at the end of a forum...

OSCE promotes monitoring of women's rights in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 8 February 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Democratization, Economic activities, Gender equality, Tolerance and non-discrimination
ALMATY, 8 February 2008- The methodologies used to monitor women's rights were the focus of a workshop, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights and the OSCE Centre in Astana, that ended in Almaty today...

OSCE trains Armenian prosecutors on international legal co-operation

Publishing date: 8 February 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Countering terrorism, Policing, Rule of law
YEREVAN, 8 February 2008- The second of a series of two-day OSCE-organized seminars on international legal co-operation for Armenian prosecutors ended in Yerevan today...