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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE media freedom watchdog calls for amendments to the media law in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 28 September 2005
Content type: Press release
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws
VIENNA, 28 September 2005- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, has sent a legal review of the draft media law of Kazakhstan to the Congress of Journalists of this Central Asian Republic.
OSCE Centre in Ashgabad supports Turkmenistan's national environmental action plan
Publishing date: 28 September 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
ASHGABAD, 28 September, 2005- A new ecology textbook to help raise awareness about environmental issues and threat prevention methods among school children was released today in Ashgabad, with the support of the OSCE Centre.
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.