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Mediation: at the junction of technique and art
Publishing date: 6 December 2010
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Mediation is an important tool for achieving more secure and safe communities, be they local, regional or global. Because every conflict is unique, every attempt to respond to a conflict also is different.
Synergy, capacity building and networking essential for effective mediation, conclude participants of OSCE-hosted workshop
Publishing date: 6 December 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 7 December 2010- Senior representatives from the United Nations and key regional organizations shared experiences in the area of preventive and quiet diplomacy, dialogue facilitation and mediation during a workshop hosted by the OSCE Secretary General with UN support, which concluded today in Vienna...
OSCE review conference with civil society and governments concludes in run-up to Summit
Publishing date: 28 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretary General
ASTANA, 28 November 2010- The Review Conference held by the OSCE for civil society organizations and participating States to assess the implementation of OSCE commitments ahead of the Summit on 1 and 2 December concluded in Astana today...
OSCE expert report on the authorities' investigation of journalist's death
Publishing date: 23 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Troika, OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
VIENNA, 23 November 2010- Today independent experts tasked by the OSCE completed an assessment of the ongoing investigation into the death of the Belarusian journalist Aleh Byabenin...
OSCE event participants say Paris Charter for New Europe relevant after 20 years, important for security community creation
Publishing date: 28 October 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Arms control, Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Economic activities, Border management, Environmental activities, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Education, Elections, Countering terrorism, Gender equality, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector, Roma and Sinti, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
PARIS, 28 October 2010- Participants in a high-level event marking the 20th anniversary of the Charter of Paris for a New Europe today stressed the importance of the document for the future of Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian security.
OSCE experts arrive in Minsk to support authorities in investigation of journalist's death
Publishing date: 25 October 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Media freedom and development, Policing, Rule of law
MINSK, 25 October 2010- Two senior OSCE experts arrived in Minsk today to support authorities in the investigation into the death of the Belarusian journalist Aleh Byabenin...
OSCE energy security meeting opens in Vilnius with call for new approaches for co-operation
Publishing date: 13 September 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities, Good governance
VILNIUS, 13 September 2010- An expert meeting on energy security challenges in the OSCE area and developing the Organization's role as a platform to promote co-operation started in Vilnius today.