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OSCE work to fight intolerance important, says Arab League Secretary General
Publishing date: 17 April 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Partnerships, Permanent Council
VIENNA, 17 April 2008- The OSCE and the League of Arab States face common challenges and strive toward common goals, particularly in the fight against intolerance and discrimination, the League's Secretary General, Amre Moussa, told the OSCE...
Chairman-in-Office pledges to strengthen OSCE action to promote tolerance
Publishing date: 16 April 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
HELSINKI, 16 April 2008- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb, underscored today that equality and non-discrimination were fundamental principles on which the Organization was founded...
International rights bodies call on politicians to lead fight against intolerance and discrimination
Publishing date: 18 March 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
WARSAW/STRASBOURG/VIENNA, 18 March 2008- In a joint statement issued on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on 21 March, three leading human rights agencies call on political leaders to assume...
International Women's Day has special meaning for the OSCE, says Secretary General
Publishing date: 7 March 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Secretariat
VIENNA, 7 March 2008- International Women's Day provides a good opportunity to redouble efforts to achieve genuine equality between men and women, the OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, said today.
OSCE promotes monitoring of women's rights in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 8 February 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
ALMATY, 8 February 2008- The methodologies used to monitor women's rights were the focus of a workshop, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights and the OSCE Centre in Astana, that ended in Almaty today...
OSCE Office in Baku inaugurates new academic year and curriculum at police school
Publishing date: 16 January 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Education, Policing, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
BAKU, 16 January 2008- The OSCE Office in Baku and the Interior Ministry of Azerbaijan today celebrated the beginning of the new academic year and the launch of a new curriculum at the Baku Police School...
OSCE human rights body, Yad Vashem launch teachers' guide on addressing anti-Semitism
Publishing date: 19 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Education, Tolerance and non-discrimination
WARSAW/JERUSALEM, 19 December 2007- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), and Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority, today launched a guide for teachers on how to address anti-Semitism...