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OSCE Ambassadors call for dialogue in Georgia's conflict zones to de-escalate serious tensions

Publishing date: 9 July 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
TBILISI, 9 July 2008- The Chairman of the OSCE Permanent Council, Finnish Ambassador Antti Turunen, called on the sides in the Georgian-Ossetian and Georgian-Abkhaz conflicts today to urgently resume dialogue in order to de-escalate tensions...

OSCE trains lawmakers and officials in Georgia on preserving human rights in fight against terrorism

Publishing date: 8 July 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Countering terrorism
BATUMI, 8 July 2008- The protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms in countering terrorism is the focus of an OSCE training course for Georgian officials that began in Batumi today...

OSCE Mission signs memorandum of understanding with Georgian Defence Ministry

Publishing date: 4 July 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
TBILISI, 4 July 2008- The OSCE Mission and the Georgian Defence Ministry signed a memorandum of understanding today on implementing a three-year demilitarization plan...

OSCE Chairman expresses serious concern about series of recent incidents in Georgian conflict areas

Publishing date: 4 July 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
HELSINKI, 4 July 2008- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb, expressed profound concern today over a recent series of incidents resulting in loss of life and serious injuries in the Georgian conflict areas...

OSCE Mission holds 'Signs of Hope' photo course for journalists in zone of Georgian-Ossetian conflict

Publishing date: 25 June 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Education
TBILISI, 25 June 2008- Some 20 journalists in South Ossetia completed today a master-class in photography organized by the OSCE Mission to Georgia...

ODIHR holds meeting in Georgia on rights of armed forces personnel, presents new handbook

Publishing date: 16 June 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Rule of law
TBILISI, 16 June 2008- Protecting the rights of armed forces personnel is the focus of a meeting, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights and the Mission to Georgia, in Tbilisi today...

OSCE Mission helps organize discussion in Tbilisi on ways to improve situation of prisoners with health problems

Publishing date: 6 June 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Rule of law
TBILISI, 6 June 2008- Improving legal assistance for prisoners with serious health conditions in Georgia will be the focus of a roundtable discussion in Tbilisi tomorrow...