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OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President briefs participating States on Belarus election
Publishing date: 22 March 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Elections
VIENNA, 22 March 2006- OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Alcee Hastings told the Organization's participating States that the Parliamentary Assembly was willing to "continue dialogue with the Belarusian parliament and other authorities in Belarus"...
OSCE Office organizes discussion in Yerevan on cyber security threats
Publishing date: 21 March 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
YEREVAN, 21 March 2006- Combating cyber crime and threats to cyber security were the topic of a roundtable discussion, organized today by the OSCE Office in Yerevan. Experts from the Armenian Task Force on cyber crime...
Belarusian election severely flawed due to arbitrary use of state power and restrictions on basic rights
Publishing date: 20 March 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Elections
MINSK, 20 March 2006- The Belarusian presidential election on 19 March failed to meet OSCE commitments for democratic elections, despite the fact that voters were offered the potential for a genuine choice between four candidates. Arbitrary use of...
OSCE Mission increases human rights support to Kosovo's provisional ministries
Publishing date: 20 March 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
PRISTINA, 20 March 2006- Kosovo Prime Minister Agim Çeku and Ambassador Werner Wnendt, Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, today signed an agreement increasing the OSCE support in the field of human rights to the ministries of...
OSCE launches trial monitoring to improve Moldova's judiciary
Publishing date: 20 March 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Democratization, Rule of law
CHISINAU, 20 March 2006- The OSCE Mission to Moldova announced today the launch of a national trial observation network to raise civil society's understanding of court procedures and to enhance citizens's trust in the judicial system...
Message on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Publishing date: 19 March 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
A statement by the Council of Europe's European Commission against Racism and Intolerance, the European Union's European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia, and the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights.
Croatian seminar focuses on including national minorities in decision-making process
Publishing date: 17 March 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues
ZAGREB, 17 March 2006- Participants at a seminar on national minorities organized by the Croatian Government in Zagreb today stressed the importance of including Croatia's minority groups at all levels of decision-making and improving the co-operation...