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OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan holds training courses on human rights for regional officials
Publishing date: 20 April 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Education
TERMEZ, Uzbekistan, 20 April 2009- A series of training courses on the theory and international standards of human rights, organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, began today in Termez, a city in the southern Surkhandarya region...
OSCE Head of Mission in Kosovo calls for better education, employment, health and housing for Roma
Publishing date: 8 April 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
PRISHTINE/PRISTINA, 8 April 2009- On the occasion of today's International Roma Day, the OSCE Head of Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Werner Almhofer, released the following statement...
OSCE Centre assists in development of local model of sustainable production and consumption in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 3 April 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Democratization, Economic activities, Environmental activities, Education
ASTANA, 3 April 2009- A two-day workshop, co-organized by the OSCE Centre, to assist the government to develop a Kazakhstani model of environmentally sustainable production and consumption started in Astana today...
OSCE releases Annual Report on a "challenging" 2008
Publishing date: 1 April 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
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
VIENNA, 1 April 2009- The OSCE, the world's largest regional security organization, released its 2008 Annual Report today....
OSCE Mission programme to support Georgia's border management reform concludes with graduation of officers
Publishing date: 27 March 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Border management, Education, Countering terrorism
TBILISI, 27 March 2009-The graduation of 25 border police, patrol police and revenue service officers today following an OSCE-organized course marked the end of an OSCE Mission to Georgia programme to support border management reform...
OSCE human rights office, Polish education ministry launch teaching materials on combating anti-Semitism
Publishing date: 5 March 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Education, Tolerance and non-discrimination
WARSAW, 5 March 2009- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and Poland's Education Ministry today launched teaching materials on combating anti-Semitism, designed for use in Polish secondary schools...
University students take on diplomats' role at Model OSCE in Belgrade
Publishing date: 3 March 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Education
BELGRADE, 3 March 2009- About 80 university students from throughout Serbia who played the roles of OSCE diplomats during the country's first Model OSCE today concluded two days of negotiations on two mock security scenarios in Belgrade...