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OSCE Seminar discusses environmental and health risks from industries in Ferghana valley
Publishing date: 8 April 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Environmental activities
CORTONA, ITALY, 8 April 2005- Ways of evaluating the environmental and health risks from industrial installations in the Ferghana Valley were discussed at a seminar that ended today in Cortona. The five-day event, organized by the OSCE, assessed the...
Elections in Tajikistan fail to meet key international standards
Publishing date: 28 February 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Elections
DUSHANBE, 28 February 2005- The parliamentary election process in Tajikistan failed to meet many OSCE commitments and other international standards for democratic elections. A number of important improvements to the electoral process were undercut by...
OSCE Centre and French agency launch water management project in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 4 February 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
DUSHANBE, 4 February 2005- A new project worth 900,000 USD will help villagers in rural areas of Tajikistan get more clean water, improve water infrastructures, and obtain basic knowledge about ecological agriculture. The OSCE Centre in Dushanbe and...
OSCE/ODIHR opens Election Observation Mission in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 28 January 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Elections
DUSHANBE/WARSAW, 28 January 2005- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights has established an Election Observation Mission for the 27 February 2005 parliamentary elections in the Republic of Tajikistan. This follows an...
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities visits Tajikistan
Publishing date: 25 November 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: National minority issues
DUSHANBE/THE HAGUE, 25 November 2004- Rolf Ekeus, the OSCE's High Commissioner on National Minorities, visited Tajikistan on 24 and 25 November to assess the situation concerning national minorities in the country. During the visit...
First international conference on radioactive waste in Tajikistan opens in Dushanbe
Publishing date: 5 November 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
DUSHANBE, 5 November 2004- A pioneering international conference started today in Dushanbe, focusing on the monitoring of radioactive waste dumps in northern Tajikistan. "Radioactive waste in this region is the biggest human-made disaster in Central Asia
OSCE Centres in Central Asia welcome first graduates of Central Asian Youth Network
Publishing date: 1 November 2004
Content type: Press release
TASHKENT, 1 November 2004- The five OSCE Centres in Central Asia end the first year's activities of the OSCE Central Asian Youth Network with a five-day international conference starting today in the Uzbek capital. More than 50 students from all over...