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OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine organizes conference on gender equality and law enforcement
Publishing date: 18 May 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Gender equality, Rule of law
EVPATORIA, UKRAINE, 18 May 2005- Promoting gender equality in law enforcement activities and raising awareness of gender-related issues is the focus of a three-day conference which opened today in the Ukrainian coastal town of Evpatoria...
OSCE Special Representative discusses fight against trafficking in human beings with Tajik officials
Publishing date: 17 May 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
DUSHANBE, 17 May 2005- Helga Konrad, the OSCE Special Representative on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, who is in Dushanbe on a two-day visit, is holding talks with high-level Tajik Government officials on ways to fight human trafficking...
OSCE Chair's personal representative discusses Kyrgyz presidential elections with political leader Kulov
Publishing date: 17 May 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Personal Representatives of the Chairperson-in-Office, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Elections
BISHKEK, 17 May 2005- Alojz Peterle, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office's Personal Representative for Central Asia, met prominent Kyrgyz political leader Felix Kulov today, to discuss issues affecting the presidential elections, scheduled for 10 July. The...
OSCE Chairman hopes closer co-operation with Council of Europe will boost effectiveness of both bodies
Publishing date: 17 May 2005
WARSAW, 17 May 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office welcomed the signing of an agreement on Tuesday with the Council of Europe on the margins of its Summit in Warsaw, covering closer co-operation between the two organizations...
OSCE Chairman to sign co-operation agreement at Council of Europe Summit in Warsaw
Publishing date: 16 May 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
LJUBLJANA, 16 May 2005- In his capacity as OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Dr Dimitrij Rupel, Slovenia's Foreign Minister is participating in the Third Council of Europe Summit in Warsaw on 16 and 17 May, where he will sign a joint declaration on co-operati...
OSCE Chairman calls on Uzbek authorities to resolve current situation with dialogue instead of force
Publishing date: 15 May 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Rule of law
LJUBLJANA, 15 May 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office Dimitrij Rupel expressed his deep concern about recent events in the eastern Uzbek city of Andijan, where government forces are reported to have opened fire, killing many demonstrators. Violence...
Head of OSCE Centre in Uzbekistan offers assistance in resolving current unrest
Publishing date: 14 May 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
TASHKENT, 14 May 2005- Expressing serious concern about the latest developments in eastern Uzbekistan, the Head of the OSCE Centre in Tashkent, Ambassador Miroslav Jenca, reiterated today that the OSCE was ready to assist in any way it could...