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OSCE Chairman Karel De Gucht deplores atmosphere of growing intimidation in the run-up to the elections in Belarus
Publishing date: 17 March 2006
Content type: Press release
What we do: Democratization, Elections
BRUSSELS, 17 March 2006- OSCE Chairman, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, is increasingly concerned about the situation in the run-up to Sunday's Presidential election in Belarus. He condemns the harassment and arrests of opposition...
OSCE Baku conference focuses on enhancing transport security and co-operation
Publishing date: 16 March 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities, Good governance
BAKU, 16 March 2006- The role of transport in promoting regional co-operation and security is the focus of an OSCE conference that opened today in Baku. It brought together over 180 participants, representing governments, international...
OSCE remains major actor in Bosnia and Herzegovina, says new High Representative Schwarz-Schilling
Publishing date: 16 March 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Education, Elections
VIENNA, 16 March 2006- Christian Schwarz-Schilling, the new High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, stressed today the continued close co-operation between the OSCE and his Office to move the country toward full partnership with Europe...
OSCE Skopje Mission supports development of Ombudsman Institution
Publishing date: 16 March 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
SKOPJE, 16 March 2006- Improving management skills of the personnel in the Ombudsman Office was the aim of a training course, which ended today in Skopje. The event, part of a project implemented by the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje...
OSCE Office trains women in Azerbaijan in strategic planning
Publishing date: 15 March 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Gender equality
BAKU, 15 March 2006- An OSCE-supported workshop aimed at helping non-governmental organizations define their mission goals and translate their visions into mission statements and realistic objectives concluded today in Baku...
OSCE Mission supports transformation of Serbian police high school into training Centre
Publishing date: 15 March 2006
BELGRADE, 15 March 2006- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, Amb. Hans Ola Urstad, today welcomed the decision of the Serbian Interior Ministry to transform the Police school in Sremska Kamenica into a Basic Police Training Centre...
OSCE Office organizes meeting on response to natural disasters in southern Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 14 March 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 14 March 2006- Ways of dealing with disasters in southern Kyrgyzstan and the National emergency plan will be the focus of a meeting in Osh on 17 March. The event, organized with the financial support from the OSCE Field Office in Osh...