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Heads of UN and OSCE stress significance of alliances among civilizations
Publishing date: 21 September 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
NEW YORK, 21 September 2005- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, ended his participation at the United Nations General Assembly yesterday with a meeting with its Secretary-General, Kofi Annan...
OSCE helps Kazakhstan develop national action plan on combating human trafficking
Publishing date: 21 September 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
ASTANA, 21 September 2005- Developing a national action plan to combat human trafficking in Kazakhstan was the focus of an OSCE-organized meeting which brought together representatives of different ministries, as well as...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office condemns shelling of civilian area in South Ossetia
Publishing date: 21 September 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
LJUBLJANA, 21 September 2005- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, has condemned those who launched an artillery attack last night in a populated area of Tskhinvali, in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian...
OSCE Centre hosts meeting on dispute resolution for business in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 20 September 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Economic activities
BISHKEK, 21 September 2005- More than 40 businessmen and lawyers took part today in an OSCE-sponsored seminar in Bishkek on alternative dispute resolution mechanisms at the national level.
OSCE Chairman pays tribute to late Simon Wiesenthal
Publishing date: 20 September 2005
LJUBLJANA, 20 September 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, paid tribute to the late Simon Wiesenthal today, calling him a champion of justice after having survived the horrors of World War II.
OSCE Centre to hold roundtable on cross-border co-operation in Ashgabad
Publishing date: 20 September 2005
ASHGABAD, 20 September 2005- Finding a balance between legitimate border security requirements and the principles of free-flow of goods and people is the aim of a roundtable, organized by the OSCE Centre in Ashgabad in co-operation with the Ministry...
OSCE police assistance programme helps set up emergency response call centre in Bishkek
Publishing date: 19 September 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
BISHKEK, 19 September 2005- A new call Centre, designed to ensure efficient and effective police response to emergency assistance requests from citizens, opened today in Bishkek. Funded by the OSCE Police Assistance Programme...