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OSCE Presence and ODIHR welcome beginning of electoral reform in Albania
Publishing date: 20 January 2006
Content type: Press release
What we do: Elections
TIRANA/WARSAW, 20 January 2006- The OSCE Presence in Albania and the Organization's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) welcome the establishment of a new parliamentary Ad Hoc Committee to further electoral reform in Albania...
OSCE Media Freedom Representative asks Swiss to add a public right to know to secrecy laws
Publishing date: 19 January 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 19 January 2005- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, has voiced his concern over possible consequences for the media stemming from investigations into the disclosure of confidential military information by a Swiss...
OSCE Chairman welcomes invitation to observe Belarus presidential election
Publishing date: 19 January 2006
Content type: Press release
What we do: Democratization, Elections
BRUSSELS, 19 January 2006- The Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, has welcomed the letter observation mission for the presidential election on 19 March...
OSCE Office in Yerevan supports book on ecological awareness
Publishing date: 19 January 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Environmental activities
YEREVAN, 19 January 2006- Educating the public about ecological awareness is the aim of a new publication, supported by the OSCE Office in Yerevan and the Aarhus public environmental information Centre. Written by professors...
OSCE media freedom representative asks Polish President to pardon imprisoned journalist
Publishing date: 18 January 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 18 January 2006- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, has asked the President of Poland to pardon imprisoned journalist Andrzej Marek, who was sent to jail on 17 January for libelling a local official...
OSCE Office supports opening of Aarhus Centre in Armenia's Lori province
Publishing date: 18 January 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Environmental activities
YEREVAN, 18 January 2006- An Aarhus public environmental information Centre, supported by the OSCE Office in Yerevan, opened yesterday in Vanadzor, the capital of Armenia's Lori province. The Centre will help...
OSCE Chairman De Gucht speaks to the United Nations Security Council
Publishing date: 17 January 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Partnerships
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
BRUSSELS, 17 January 2006- The OSCE Chairman in Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, has addressed the United Nations Security Council, presenting the main themes of the Belgian OSCE Chairmanship during 2006...