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OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine organizes training on rule of law standards
Publishing date: 5 June 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Rule of law
KYIV, 5 June 2008- Rule of law standards and principles are the focus of a training course for twenty Ukrainian professors, graduate and post-graduate law students that started in Kyiv today...
OSCE forum in Kyiv to discuss strategies for increasing women's participation in political life
Publishing date: 5 June 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Gender equality
KYIV, 5 June 2008- A two-day OSCE forum for elected women councillors from local councils of Ukraine will open in Kyiv tomorrow...
Strengthening Uzbekistan, OSCE co-operation mutually beneficial, says OSCE Chairman
Publishing date: 4 June 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
TASHKENT, 4 June 2008- Uzbekistan is an important partner for regional stability, and the country's active participation in the OSCE would be mutually beneficial, said OSCE Chairman Alexander Stubb in Tashkent today...
OSCE can play important role in cyber security, says Estonian Defence Minister
Publishing date: 4 June 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation, Permanent Council
VIENNA, 4 June 2008- The international community has woken up to the threat of cyber attacks and the OSCE can play a big part in dealing with it, the Estonian Defence Minister said today...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports training of investigators in working with human trafficking victims
Publishing date: 3 June 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
SKOPJE, 3 June 2008- Enhancing the skills of investigators dealing with cases of human trafficking is the aim of a training course that started in Ohrid today...
Polish reform of public-service broadcasting should avoid politicized solutions, OSCE representative warns
Publishing date: 3 June 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 3 June 2008- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, said today that a rushed reform of the financing of Polish public-service broadcasting could menace its independence, and called for a de-politicized reform process...
OSCE human rights body launches teaching material on anti-Semitism for German schools
Publishing date: 3 June 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
BERLIN, 3 June 2008- A German version of new teaching materials on anti-Semitism was launched yesterday in Berlin by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights and...