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OSCE media watchdog worried by protection of sources case in the US
Publishing date: 29 June 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 29 June 2005- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, has expressed concern over the cases of reporters Judith Miller of The New York Times and Matthew Cooper of Time Magazine who have been sentenced to imprisonment...
OSCE Tashkent Centre to host meeting of Central Asian Youth Network
Publishing date: 29 June 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
TASHKENT, 29 June 2005- Thirty-five university students from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan will meet on Friday in Charvak, near Tashkent, to improve their skills in teamwork, political engagement, research writing...
OSCE Mission lauds State Union Parliament resolution on Serbia and Montenegro's accession to the EU
Publishing date: 29 June 2005
BELGRADE, 29 June 2005- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, Maurizio Massari, welcomed today's adoption of a resolution on accession to the European Union by the Parliament of the State Union. "This is an important step forward for...
OSCE Office in Baku hosts meeting to urge more active engagement of women in elections
Publishing date: 29 June 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Gender equality
BAKU, 29 June 2005- Participants of a meeting organized today by the OSCE Office in Baku called for more active participation of women in the forthcoming parliamentary elections as part of the process of democratization...
OSCE meeting focuses on equal economic opportunities for women in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 29 June 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Gender equality
BISHKEK, 29 June 2005- The problems of integrating women into Kyrgyzstan's economic development policies were the main theme of a meeting held in Bishkek today. The meeting on Gender Aspects of Employment and...
OSCE holds meeting to build confidence between police and people in Kyrgyzstan's south
Publishing date: 28 June 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Policing
JALALABAD, 28 June 2005- Building trust between law enforcement bodies and the people in southern Kyrgyzstan was the focus of a meeting today in Jalalabad, organized by the OSCE Field Office in Osh. Preventing tensions of the type which arose after...
OSCE Panel of Eminent Persons to brief media on future of Organization on Thursday
Publishing date: 28 June 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council, OSCE Secretariat
VIENNA, 28 June 2005- The OSCE Panel of Eminent Persons will present its report on the future of the world's largest regional security organization to the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna on Thursday, 30 June. Concrete recommendations on strengthening...