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OSCE Chairman says more action needed on curbing small arms and light weapons, securing ammunition stockpiles
Publishing date: 21 June 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Main Website, OSCE Secretariat
VIENNA, 21 June 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, said on Tuesday that the Organization should devote more attention to curbing the spread of small arms and light weapons and securing stockpiles of...
Media freedom on the Internet in Central Asian countries threatened, says OSCE Representative
Publishing date: 20 June 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
AMSTERDAM, 20 June 2005- Governmental over-regulation and content censorship are common in Central Asian countries and pose a serious danger to new media in the emerging internet scene, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Miklos Haraszti...
OSCE Chairman repeats calls for an investigation into Andijan events following OSCE/ODIHR report
Publishing date: 20 June 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Human rights
LJUBLJANA, 20 June 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office has reiterated his call for a credible, independent and international investigation into the events in Andijan following a report from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights...
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: ODIHR final report stresses need for political will to improve electoral process
Publishing date: 17 June 2005
Content type: Press release
What we do: Elections
SKOPJE/WARSAW, 17 June 2005- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights has published the final report of its Election Observation Mission to the 2005 Municipal Elections in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. The report...
OSCE Centre organizes national forum to draw up new economic programme for Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 17 June 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Economic activities
BISHKEK, 17 June 2005- Kyrgyzstan's leading economic policy-makers met at a national forum in Bishkek today to discuss the country's future economic programme. Reform of several sectors of the economy to achieve sustainable development and reduce...
OSCE Centre organizes human rights legislation courses in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 17 June 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
ASHGABAT, 17 June 2005- International human rights standards and mechanisms to implement and protect them were the focus of training courses held from 6 to 17 June in Turkmenbashi and Mary. Organized by the OSCE Centre...
OSCE Chairman welcomes pledges of 670,000 Euro for police assistance programme in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 16 June 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Main Website, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
VIENNA, 16 June 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, today welcomed pledges by four OSCE participating States to provide rapid support for the Organization's police assistance programme in Kyrgyzstan...