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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre supports transparency in law-making process of Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 19 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
ASTANA, 19 October 2006- Ways to increase transparency and the role of civil society in the parliamentary decision-making process were discussed at an international conference which opened in Astana today...
OSCE Mission to Skopje concludes project strengthening neighborhood self-government unit
Publishing date: 19 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
SKOPJE, 19 October 2006- Strengthening local authority bodies known as neighborhood self-government units was the purpose of a series of meetings that ended in Skopje today...
OSCE Centre supports confidence and security-building measures in Central Asia
Publishing date: 19 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
ALMATY, 19 October 2006- Confidence and security-building measures in Central Asia are the topic of a meeting, Organized by the OSCE Centre in Almaty, the Kazakh Defence Ministry and NATO, that ends in Almaty today...
Transport, security and environmental protection focus of OSCE-Norwegian technical workshop
Publishing date: 18 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
TOENSBERG, 18 October 2006- The need for transport routes that take into account concerns about the environment and security was the focus of an OSCE-supported workshop that concluded today in Norway...
OSCE seminar in Moscow focuses on harmonization of customs and border procedures
Publishing date: 18 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Border management
MOSCOW, 18 October 2006- Border, customs, transport and trade officials from Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia identified measures that would harmonize customs and border procedures during a two-day OSCE seminar that ended in Moscow today...
OSCE Chairman congratulates UN Secretary-General designate Ban Ki-moon
Publishing date: 17 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Partnerships
BRUSSELS, 17 October 2006- OSCE Chairman-in-Office Karel De Gucht has sent a letter to Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General designate, congratulating him on his appointment on behalf of the OSCE and its 56 participating States...
OSCE Representative urges French Senate to reject criminalization of Armenian genocide denial
Publishing date: 17 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 17 October 2006- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media expressed his concern about the French National Assembly's adoption in a first reading of an amendment that aims to criminalize the denial that the 1915 killings of Armenians in...