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OSCE Centre supports new office to help develop business environment in southern Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 28 September 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Economic activities
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 28 September 2005- Providing information support to business associations in southern Kyrgyzstan is the aim of a new regional office which opened its doors in Osh today with the support of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek.
OSCE and Muslim NGO network to work closer to fight discrimination
Publishing date: 27 September 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
WARSAW, 27 September 2005- Representatives of over 20 Muslim NGOs, as well as community leaders met today at an OSCE meeting on human rights and democracy to discuss how to deal with increasing intolerance and discrimination against Muslims...
Chairman-in-Office welcomes progress in Bosnia and Herzegovina but warns of need to tackle remaining obstacles
Publishing date: 27 September 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
SARAJEVO, 27 September 2005- In the course of a day-long visit to Sarajevo, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, noted Bosnia and Herzegovina's progress in many areas, particularly defence reform, pointing out...
OSCE Mission Head urges Transdniestrian authorities to return confiscated school building
Publishing date: 26 September 2005
CHISINAU, 26 September 2005- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, Ambassador William Hill, has urged the Transdniestrian authorities to return a confiscated school building to a Moldovan school in Ribnita.
OSCE Skopje Mission helps women more actively participate in public life
Publishing date: 23 September 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
SKOPJE, 23 September 2005- A new project to increase the participation of women in decision-making processes in the country was launched today at a conference of the NGO Union of Women's Organizations (UWOM) in Skopje.
OSCE Office promotes environmental education in Armenia
Publishing date: 23 September 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Environmental activities
YEREVAN, 23 September 2005- A new range of publications dedicated to environmental problems was launched today in the Museum of Nature with the support of the OSCE Office in Yerevan by the environmental non-governmental organization (NGO), 'Khazer'.
OSCE Mission helps test impartiality of election administration in Georgia
Publishing date: 22 September 2005
TBILISI, 23 September 2005- The Mission to Georgia is helping the Central Election Commission (CEC) to test the skills and knowledge of local election officials by financing a new testing system.