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OSCE helps Kazakhstan to secure surplus small arms, light weapons and conventional ammunition
Publishing date: 3 June 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Conflict prevention and resolution
ALMATY, 3 June 2005- International experts and Kazakhstani officials worked out a set of recommendations on secure storage and destruction of small arms and light weapons and conventional ammunition for Kazakhstan's government during a two-day OSCE...
OSCE media freedom representative concerned over new regulation on newspaper titles in Belarus
Publishing date: 3 June 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 3 June 2005- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media has voiced his concern over a new presidential decree in Belarus, which bans the use of the words "national" and "Belarusian" by NGOs and media in their official titles and names...
OSCE and Council of Europe encourage consultation on freedom of assembly law in Armenia
Publishing date: 3 June 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Rule of law
YEREVAN, 3 June, 2005- The right to freedom of assembly was the focus of a meeting held by the OSCE and the Council of Europe in Yerevan today. It brought together government officials, parliamentarians, members of political parties, civil society...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine organizes training for judges of the country's new administrative courts
Publishing date: 3 June 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Democratization
KYIV, 3 June 2005- New standards of administrative justice and administrative law were the focus of a five-day training course which ended today in Kyiv. Organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine and...
OSCE Skopje Mission supports local police efforts to increase road safety
Publishing date: 3 June 2005
SKOPJE, 3 June 2005- A country-wide public awareness campaign to increase road safety began today with the support of the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje. The Road Safety for All campaign is part...
OSCE Chairman urges Kosovo provisional authorities to maintain reform momentum
Publishing date: 2 June 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
LJUBLJANA, 2 June 2005- OSCE Chairman Dimitrij Rupel urged Kosovo Prime Minister Bajram Kosumi on Thursday to maintain the momentum of reform in the province and ensure strict implementation of standards, especially in the area of minority protection...
OSCE/ODIHR publishes two reports on hate crimes and education on the Holocaust and anti-Semitism
Publishing date: 2 June 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
WARSAW, 2 June 2005- Two reports giving an overview of education on the Holocaust and anti-Semitism and the prevention of hate crimes in the OSCE area have been published by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights...