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OSCE and UN hold roundtable on prison conditions in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 1 June 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
DUSHANBE, 1 June 2006- How to improve conditions at detention facilities in Tajikistan was the theme of a roundtable organized by the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe and the United Nations Office of Peace-building in Tajikistan...
ODIHR opens mission in Skopje to observe 5 July parliamentary polls
Publishing date: 31 May 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
WARSAW/SKOPJE, 31 May 2006- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has established an Election Observation Mission in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to monitor the 5 July parliamentary elections...
Transdniestrian settlement, border issues top agenda of OSCE Chairman's visit to Moldova
Publishing date: 31 May 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
CHISINAU, 31 May 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, today urged all parties involved in the Transdniestrian question to return to the negotiating table. "We need to get the process going...
OSCE media watchdog to survey sanctions against press for publishing classified information or not revealing sources
Publishing date: 30 May 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 30 May 2006- The Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media will produce a database of rules, sanctions for disseminating unauthorised information, protection of sources and other laws affecting...
OSCE Mission to Skopje helps women participate more actively in politics
Publishing date: 30 May 2006
SKOPJE, 30 May 2006- Achievements of OSCE-supported projects aimed at increasing the participation of women in decision-making processes and bodies were discussed today in Skopje at the conference "Women Can Do It II- 2006 Parliamentary Elections"...
Representatives from 30 States review CFE Treaty in Vienna
Publishing date: 30 May 2006
VIENNA, 30 May 2006- Representatives of 30 States gathered in Vienna today for the Third Review Conference of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, widely known as the CFE Treaty...
Chairman De Gucht stresses OSCE's role in promoting press freedom and tolerance
Publishing date: 29 May 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Media freedom and development
BRUSSELS, 29 May 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office Karel De Gucht, today opened a colloquium on the role of the internet and satellite television in relations between the peoples of the OSCE, Mediterranean and Middle East countries...