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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre in Almaty helps entrepreneurs contribute to national pollutant register
Publishing date: 24 February 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
ALMATY, 23 February 2006- The OSCE Centre in Almaty and the Kazakhstan Business Council for Sustainable Development is organizing training for entrepreneurs on an international protocol that is expected to reduce the level of pollution...
OSCE Chairman calls for return to negotiations on Georgian-Ossetian conflict
Publishing date: 22 February 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
BRUSSELS, 22 February 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CiO), Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, today urged all parties involved in the Georgian-Ossetian conflict to return to the negotiating table, exercise restraint and...
UN and OSCE Centre open conference regarding the establishment of a national human rights institution in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 22 February 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
DUSHANBE, 22 February 2006- The United Nations Tajikistan Office of Peace-Building and the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe opened today a two-day conference on the establishment of an independent national human rights institution in Tajikistan...
OSCE media freedom representative delivers report on cartoon controversy
Publishing date: 17 February 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 17 February 2006- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media yesterday delivered a report to the OSCE Permanent Council on the current media freedom issues in the OSCE region, including an analysis of the recent cartoon controversy...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office calls on Serbian authorities to negotiate "compromise solution" for Kosovo
Publishing date: 17 February 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Serbia
BELGRADE, 17 February 2006- At the end of a three-day visit to Podgorica, Pristina and Belgrade, the OSCE Chairman Karel De Gucht, urged the Serbian authorities to negotiate a compromise solution for the future status of Kosovo. "I encourage you...
OSCE Chairman expresses consternation at Ukraine's decision to return Uzbek asylum seekers
Publishing date: 17 February 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Human rights
BRUSSELS, 17 February 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office Karel De Gucht has expressed his consternation at the decision taken by the Ukrainian authorities to extradite 11 Uzbek asylum seekers back to Uzbekistan. "This forcible repatriation...
OSCE unites on steps to ensure press freedom and respect for religious and other beliefs
Publishing date: 17 February 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
VIENNA, 17 February 2006- An informal OSCE meeting, called by the Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, yesterday discussed the valuable contribution the Organization might make in response to the controversy over the recent...