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OSCE media freedom representative urges Belarus not to adopt restrictive media law

Publishing date: 27 June 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 27 June 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, today called on the upper chamber of Belarus's parliament not to adopt a draft law that would further restrict media freedom in the country...

OSCE representative encourages Belarus to work closer with NGOs to combat human trafficking

Publishing date: 8 April 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
MINSK, 8 April 2008- The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Human Trafficking, Eva Biaudet, encouraged the Belarus Government today to support NGOs working on protecting and assisting child victims of trafficking...

OSCE assists Belarus in evaluating new information law

Publishing date: 26 March 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
What we do: Media freedom and development
MINSK, 26 March 2008- A draft law on information is the focus of a roundtable discussion in Minsk today...

OSCE Minsk Office organizes seminar on energy sources

Publishing date: 12 February 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
MINSK, 12 February 2008- Developing alternative and renewable sources of energy, including the use of biomass, is the focus of a seminar that opened in Minsk today...

OSCE Office launches film festival to commemorate International Human Rights Day

Publishing date: 3 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Tolerance and non-discrimination
MINSK, 3 December 2007- The OSCE Office in Minsk launched today an eight-day film festival under the theme "Dignity, Equality, Justness" that will close on 10 December, International Human Rights Day...

OSCE Co-ordinator praises Belarus for environmental activities

Publishing date: 16 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities, Good governance
MINSK, 16 November 2007- The Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, Bernard Snoy, praised today the efforts of Belarus within the ENVSEC Initiative, which provides a framework for co-operation on...

Best practices in fighting money-laundering, international co-operation focus of OSCE workshop in Belarus

Publishing date: 14 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
MINSK, 14 November 2007- International standards in combating money-laundering and the financing of terrorism, as well as the role of international organizations are being discussed at an OSCE workshop that opened in Minsk today...