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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairman calls for continuation of Mission in Kosovo
Publishing date: 10 January 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 10 January 2007- The OSCE should remain active in Kosovo, the new OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Ilkka Kanerva, said Thursday while addressing the Organization's Permanent Council in Vienna...
Head of OSCE Centre in Bishkek voices concern over disproportionate use of force against NGO and human rights activists
Publishing date: 24 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
BISHKEK, 24 December 2007- The Head of OSCE Centre in Bishkek, Ambassador Markus Mueller, said today he was concerned over the the political developments in the country after the election...
OSCE officials visit water supply projects in Georgia's conflict zone
Publishing date: 14 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
TSKHINVALI, Georgia, 14 December 2007- The OSCE Head of the Mission to Georgia, Ambassador Terhi Hakala, and the British Ambassador to Georgia, Denis Keefe, today visited several completed OSCE water supply projects that provide safe drinking water...
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)
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 Minsk Group Co-Chairs issue statement on Nagorno-Karabakh
Publishing date: 29 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Minsk Group
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
MADRID, 29 November 2007- "Prior to the opening of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Madrid, U.S. Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, and French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner met with...
Winners of OSCE-supported anti-corruption contest in Armenia awarded prizes
Publishing date: 27 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Conflict prevention and resolution, Education
YEREVAN, 27 November 2007- The winners of a painting contest for high school students on corruption-related topics were awarded prizes at a ceremony in Yerevan today...
OSCE Chairman welcomes end to state of emergency in Georgia
Publishing date: 16 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Conflict prevention and resolution, Rule of law
MADRID, 16 November 2007- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, welcomed today the decision by Georgia's President Mikheil Saakashvili to lift the state of emergency.