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OSCE/ODIHR to help modernize civil registry and address system in Albania
Publishing date: 8 September 2006
Content type: Press release
TIRANA/WARSAW, 8 September 2006- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) will provide expertise to Albania's General Directorate of Civil Status to help modernize the country's civil registration and address systems...
OSCE Centre holds seminar on access to government information in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 8 September 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Media freedom and development
BOROVOYE, Kazakhstan, 8 September 2006- An OSCE-organized seminar on improving public access to government information by strengthening relations between the authorities and the media began today in the northern city of Borovoye...
OSCE has key role to play in supporting ICTY efforts, says Chief Prosecutor Del Ponte
Publishing date: 7 September 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Rule of law
VIENNA, 7 September 2006- Carla Del Ponte, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), said today the OSCE was well-placed to help make sure war crimes suspects...
OSCE Mission to Croatia and Education Ministry organize children's art contest to promote co-existence and friendship
Publishing date: 6 September 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Education, Tolerance and non-discrimination
VUKOVAR, 6 September 2006- A children's literary and art competition aiming to promote co-existence and friendship in the Danube Region opened today in Vukovar. The contest for children from multicultural schools is organized by the OSCE Mission...
OSCE Office opens training centre to help reduce unemployment in Armenia
Publishing date: 6 September 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
YEREVAN, 6 September 2006- Reducing unemployment in Armenia's Ararat province is the aim of a training Centre that opened in the village of Zorak today. Supported by the OSCE Office in Yerevan and...
OSCE trains Kazakh officials to observe human rights in the fight against terrorism
Publishing date: 5 September 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Human rights, Countering terrorism
ASTANA, 5 September 2006- How to ensure basic human rights are protected in the fight against terrorism will be the focus of a training course for Kazak officials that began in Astana today. Organized by the OSCE Centre in Almaty and...
OSCE media freedom representative asks Azerbaijan's president to help stop new wave of prosecution of journalists, urges legal reform
Publishing date: 4 September 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 4 September 2006- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, has expressed concern over recent cases of prosecution of journalists in Azerbaijan and proposed a legal reform as a way out of the situation. In a letter...