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OSCE Media Freedom Representative defends papers' right to publish controversial cartoons, asks for mutual respect for traditions
Publishing date: 3 February 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 3 February 2006- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, defended the traditional right of a free press to publish satirical cartoons, even if they depict figures in established religions. Commenting on the recent...
Austrian Foreign Minister calls for closer OSCE-EU co-operation in fighting terrorism, organized crime
Publishing date: 2 February 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Partnerships, Permanent Council
What we do: Countering terrorism, Tolerance and non-discrimination
VIENNA, 2 February 2006- Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik called in a speech today for closer and more efficient co-operation between the 55-nation OSCE and the 25-nation European Union...
OSCE/ODIHR issues its final report on elections in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 2 February 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
WARSAW, 2 February 2006- The OSCE's elections body, the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), has issued its final report on the 6 November 2005 parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan. The report contains...
Irish official named new OSCE Senior Police Adviser
Publishing date: 1 February 2006
VIENNA, 1 February 2006- The OSCE Secretary General, Ambassador Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, announced today the appointment of Kevin Carty from Ireland as the Organization's new Senior Police Advisor...
OSCE Presence and Albanian Interior Ministry organize meeting on voter list reform
Publishing date: 1 February 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
TIRANA, 1 February 2006- Reform of voter list compilation was the focus of a roundtable organized by the OSCE Presence in Albania and the Albanian Interior Ministry. Participants found that a decentralized model of preparing voter lists...
OSCE organizes meeting in Almaty to discuss Central Asia migration issues
Publishing date: 31 January 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities, Good governance
ALMATY, 31 January 2006- Migration issues in Central Asia are the focus of a two-day OSCE regional workshop which opened today in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Organized by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE economic and environmental activities and...
OSCE Skopje Mission supports first aid training course for border police
Publishing date: 30 January 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
SKOPJE, 30 January 2006- Improving the first aid skills of border police officers is the aim of a three-week training course which starts today at the Military Hospital in Skopje. Officers from each of country's 30 border police stations...