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OSCE/ODIHR report says partial repeat elections in Azerbaijan highlight need for further reform
Publishing date: 26 June 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
WARSAW, 26 June 2006- The overall conduct of the 13 May 2006 partial repeat parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan underscores the continuing need for electoral reform, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights says in a new...
OSCE Chairman tells UN conference civil society can help thwart small arms trade
Publishing date: 26 June 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Forum for Security Co-operation
UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK, 26 June 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, urged United Nations member states today to work with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to bolster government efforts to stop the global...
OSCE Mission calls for adequate resources to help rehabilitate torture victims
Publishing date: 26 June 2006
PRISTINA- 26 June 2006- The Acting Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Jens Modvig, marked the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture today by calling for rehabilitation resources to be made available to torture victims...
OSCE/ODIHR issues recommendations on Ukrainian elections
Publishing date: 23 June 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
WARSAW, 23 June 2006- The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights urges Ukraine to establish a centralized voter register, harmonize its election-related laws and increase the professionalism of lower-level election commissions...
OSCE's office in Ukraine organizes training seminar on role of business in the community
Publishing date: 23 June 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Economic activities, Human rights, Education
KHARKIV, 23 June 2006- An OSCE-led training seminar to show business leaders how they can help strengthen the community opened today in the Eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv...
OSCE Centre organizes meeting that reviews electoral reform in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 23 June 2006
BISHKEK, 23 June 2006- Kyrgyzstan has made some progress towards meeting OSCE election commitments during presidential and local elections in 2005 and parliamentary by-elections in 2006. However, the country's authorities still need...
OSCE Chairman visits economic projects in zone of Georgian-Ossetian conflict and calls for greater co-operation on security
Publishing date: 23 June 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Economic activities, Conflict prevention and resolution
TBILISI, 23 June 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, visited several economic rehabilitation projects today in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict, as part of a two-day visit to Georgia...