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OSCE Mission supports implementation of decentralization reform
Publishing date: 13 October 2005
SKOPJE, 13 October 2005- The efficiency of decentralization reform in education was the focus of a meeting in Veles, jointly supported by the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje, the Foundation Open Society Institute (FOSIM) and the Association...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine trains consular officials on human trafficking
Publishing date: 13 October 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
KYIV, 13 October 2005- More than 80 representatives of foreign embassies and consulates, Ukrainian ministries, non-governmental organizations (NGO) and other international organizations gathered today in Kyiv for a two-day anti-trafficking course...
OSCE media freedom representative asks Hague Tribunal to release Croatian journalist
Publishing date: 11 October 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 11 October 2005- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, has asked the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia to release Croatian journalist Josip Jovic, the former editor-in-chief of...
OSCE Office supports renovation of prison training centre in Armenia
Publishing date: 11 October 2005
YEREVAN, 11 October 2005-The training centre for prison staff of the Ministry of Justice was re-opened today in Yerevan after renovation work supported by the OSCE Office in Yerevan. The newly-renovated training centre, with two auditoria and a...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office and Project Co-ordinator launch children's human rights education pilot project in Ukraine
Publishing date: 10 October 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Human rights
KYIV, 10 October 2005- Increasing children's awareness of human rights is the focus of a training course for Ukrainian teachers held in Kyiv. The project, organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator, together with the Ukrainian...
OSCE conference raises awareness of women's access to economic and social resources in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 7 October 2005
YSYKKOL, Kyrgyzstan, 9 October 2005- Violations of women's access to economic and social resources in rural areas of Kyrgyzstan were the focus of a two-day conference, co-organized by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, which ended today in Ysykkol...
OSCE workshop strives for better co-operation towards mine-free region in South Caucasus
Publishing date: 7 October 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
TBILISI, 7 October 2005- Improving mine action by establishing and enhancing dialogue and co-operation was the aim of a two-day regional workshop for the South Caucasus which ended yesterday in Tbilisi...