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OSCE Skopje Mission contributes to mainstreaming gender issues
Publishing date: 12 July 2006
SKOPJE, 12 July 2006- Raising gender awareness among local community leaders, academic circles and the general public is the aim of a Gender Summer School taking place at the South Eastern European University in Tetovo. The three-week course...
OSCE Chairman calls for calm and restraint in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict
Publishing date: 11 July 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
BRUSSELS, 11 July 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, expressed concern today about increased tensions in recent days in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict...
OSCE Chairman says removal of Chechen rebel chief Basayev "a good thing"
Publishing date: 11 July 2006
BRUSSELS, 11 July 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, expressed satisfaction today about the elimination of the Chechen rebel commander, Shamil Basayev, in an explosion in southern Russia...
OSCE Office co-hosts meeting on women's participation in elections in Armenia
Publishing date: 11 July 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Gender equality
YEREVAN, 11 July 2006- The role of women in the electoral process and their participation in politics is the focus of a meeting that opened today in the Armenian capital. Participants...
OSCE Chairman expresses condolences following crash of Sibir Airlines flight
Publishing date: 10 July 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
BRUSSELS, 10 July 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, today extended his sincere condolences to the Russian Government and families of the passengers who died in Sunday's plane crash in Irkutsk...
OSCE Office in Yerevan helps organize training on alternative sentencing
Publishing date: 10 July 2006
YEREVAN, 10 July 2006- A training course for personnel of the Armenian Justice Ministry's division for the execution of alternative punishment began today with support from the OSCE Office in Yerevan and the Office for Democratic Institutions and...
OSCE Centre promotes discussion on democratic principles of the electoral process in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 7 July 2006
VARZOB, Tajikistan, 7 July 2006- Democratic principles of electoral processes were discussed today at a meeting organized by the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe in co-operation with the National Association of Political Scientists of Tajikistan. Participants...