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OSCE Netherlands Chair reaffirms support to Kyrgyzstan on democracy trail

Publishing date: 18 March 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution
BISHKEK, 18 March 2003- The Netherlands Chairmanship of the OSCE will support any effort to reinforce democratic institutions in Kyrgyzstan, said Ambassador Daan Everts, the Personal Representative of the Chairman-in-Office (CiO), after...

OSCE Chairman-in-Office appoints former Finnish President Ahtisaari as personal envoy for Central Asia

Publishing date: 13 March 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
THE HAGUE, 13 March 2003- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Netherlands Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, has appointed the former President of Finland, Martti Ahtisaari, as his personal envoy for the Central Asian region. This region consists...

OSCE's economic and environmental dimension highlighted at Bishkek workshop

Publishing date: 20 February 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
BISHKEK, 20 February 2003- Participants at an OSCE workshop in Kyrgyzstan's capital Bishkek on Thursday said more attention should be paid to the economic and environmental dimension of the 55-nation Organization's approach to security...

New OSCE Academy in Kyrgyzstan inaugurated

Publishing date: 18 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Personal Representatives of the Chairperson-in-Office, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
BISHKEK, 18 December 2002- A new study and research institute on regional security issues, the OSCE Academy, was inaugurated in Kyrgyzstan yesterday. "This Academy is a unique institution of a new type that will facilitate the development of...

OSCE human rights office provides start-up funding for new Kyrgyz Ombudsman

Publishing date: 17 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
BISHKEK, 17 December 2002- The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has provided quick start-up funding for the newly established Kyrgyz Ombudsman to enable his office to assume work soon. The new...

International Human Rights Day focuses on rule of law

Publishing date: 10 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Human rights
BISHKEK, 10 December 2002- The OSCE Centre in Bishkek is today commemorating International Human Rights Day. 10 December 1948 marks the adoption by the UN General Assembly of the Universal Declaration...

OSCE PA delegation participates in seminar on constitutional reform in Kyrgyzstan

Publishing date: 6 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
BISHKEK, 6 December 2002- The ongoing public discussion on imminent changes of Kyrgyzstan's constitution was the background of a one-day seminar held in the country's capital, Bishkek, on 3 December. A delegation of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly...