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OSCE/ODIHR, partners support creation of national torture prevention mechanism in Georgia

Publishing date: 14 March 2007
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, 14 March 2007- Implementating the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture in Georgia was the topic of a conference attended by over 70 government officials, civil society and international representatives in Tbilisi yesterday...

Project plans for economic rehabilitation of zone of Georgian-Ossetian conflict discussed at OSCE meeting

Publishing date: 13 March 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
TBILISI, 13 March 2007- International projects for the economic rehabilitation of the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict are being discussed at an OSCE-chaired Steering Committee meeting in Tskhinvali today...

OSCE helps Georgia dismantle and recycle TNT-filled munitions

Publishing date: 12 March 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Arms control
TBILISI, 12 March 2007- Thousands of obsolete TNT-filled shells will be recycled with the help of special equipment delivered today to the Dedoplitskaro military base in eastern Georgia under an OSCE programme...

OSCE Spanish Chairmanship announces Photo Contest

Publishing date: 13 February 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on the conflict dealt with by the OSCE Minsk Conference, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSCE Mission in Kosovo, OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed), OSCE Mission to Montenegro, OSCE Mission to Moldova, OSCE Mission to Serbia, OSCE Mission to Skopje, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed), OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed), OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed), OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, OSCE Office in Minsk (closed), OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Environmental activities
VIENNA, 13 February 2007- The Spanish OSCE Chairmanship today announced a photo contest under the theme "Land and water, protecting our fragile environment". The main prize...

OSCE Chairman voices concern over violence in zone of Georgian-Ossetian conflict

Publishing date: 29 January 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
MADRID, 29 January 2007- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, expressed his concern today over a series of violent incidents in recent days in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict...

OSCE and the U.S. Government to donate books and library furniture to prisons in Georgia

Publishing date: 24 January 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
TBILISI, 24 January 2007- Inmates at the Rustavi Prison 6 near Tbilisi now have access to a range of legal and educational literature, library furniture and physical training equipment, donated today by the OSCE and funded by the United States....

Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia to discuss environment and security at meeting organized by OSCE Mission

Publishing date: 17 January 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Environmental activities
TBILISI, 17 January 2007- Governmental representatives from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and international partners, will discuss environmental issues that may threaten regional security at an OSCE-organized meeting that starts in Tbilisi today...