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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...
OSCE conference on human rights and democracy opens in Warsaw
Publishing date: 19 September 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
WARSAW, 19 September 2005- The implementation of the OSCE's founding document, the 1975 Helsinki Final Act, as well as other commitments made since then are on the agenda of Europe's largest human rights and democracy conference, which opened today in...
OSCE workshop in Ohrid promotes rights of the child
Publishing date: 19 September 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Human rights
SKOPJE, 19 September 2005- Twenty-three teachers of different ethnic backgrounds took part in an OSCE workshop on children's human rights education in Ohrid over the last two days. The participating teachers will use their newly-obtained knowledge...