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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre conference promotes efficient migration management in CIS region
Publishing date: 24 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
ASTANA, 24 June 2009- A OSCE-supported conference that started today in Astana aims to promote efficient migration policies in Kazakhstan and other countries in the region through dialogue and exchange of good practices...
Sustainable return to Kosovo remains a challenge, says OSCE Head of Mission
Publishing date: 19 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Roma and Sinti, Tolerance and non-discrimination
PRISHTINE/PRISTINA, 19 June 2009- The sustainable return and reintegration of displaced persons from Kosovo continues to be a major human rights challenge despite the efforts undertaken by the Kosovo authorities and the international community...
Neglect of Europe's Roma not an option, OSCE's Roma adviser tells US Helsinki Commission
Publishing date: 9 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
WASHINGTON, 9 June 2009- The recent wave of violence against Roma and Sinti makes clear that governments cannot afford to neglect the integration of Europe's largest minority population, Andrzej Mirga, the head of the OSCE Contact Point for Roma...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports activities to bring together students in Struga
Publishing date: 5 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Education, Tolerance and non-discrimination
SKOPJE, 5 June 2009- Students in Struga will take part in a debate competition on freedom of expression in high schools starting tomorrow as part of an OSCE project promoting conflict resolution through discussion rather than violence...
OSCE Centre in Astana co-organizes seminar on gender equality draft law
Publishing date: 29 May 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Human rights, Gender equality, Tolerance and non-discrimination
ASTANA, 29 May 2009- A two-day seminar co-organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana, focusing on how a draft law on gender equality can be promoted, started in Borovoye in northern Kazakhstan today...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo supports TV debates to promote freedom of media
Publishing date: 27 May 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
PRISHTINE/PRISTINA, 27 May 2009- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo, in co-operation with the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network, will organize a series of televised debates, the first of which airs tomorrow, on press freedom...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan organizes workshop for civil society on convention on eliminating discrimination against women
Publishing date: 26 May 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
TASHKENT, 26 May 2009- A workshop for civil society representatives on how to report on compliance with the UN Convention on Eliminating all forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan...