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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE promotes monitoring of women's rights in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 8 February 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
ALMATY, 8 February 2008- The methodologies used to monitor women's rights were the focus of a workshop, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights and the OSCE Centre in Astana, that ended in Almaty today...
OSCE Office in Baku inaugurates new academic year and curriculum at police school
Publishing date: 16 January 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Education, Policing, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
BAKU, 16 January 2008- The OSCE Office in Baku and the Interior Ministry of Azerbaijan today celebrated the beginning of the new academic year and the launch of a new curriculum at the Baku Police School...
OSCE human rights body, Yad Vashem launch teachers' guide on addressing anti-Semitism
Publishing date: 19 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Education, Tolerance and non-discrimination
WARSAW/JERUSALEM, 19 December 2007- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), and Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority, today launched a guide for teachers on how to address anti-Semitism...
OSCE Mission to Skopje promotes inter-ethnic dialogue through mountaineering
Publishing date: 14 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: National minority issues, Tolerance and non-discrimination
SKOPJE, 14 December 2007- A multiethnic group of young mountaineers who completed a year-long OSCE Mission-supported course received their licences as professional mountain guides today at a ceremony in Skopje...
OSCE Office launches film festival to commemorate International Human Rights Day
Publishing date: 3 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
MINSK, 3 December 2007- The OSCE Office in Minsk launched today an eight-day film festival under the theme "Dignity, Equality, Justness" that will close on 10 December, International Human Rights Day...
OSCE Office in Yerevan supports dialogue on freedom of conscience and religion in Armenia
Publishing date: 30 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
YEREVAN, 30 November 2007- The OSCE Office in Yerevan today hosted a meeting during which representatives of government, non-governmental organizations and different religious communities discussed freedom of conscience and religion in Armenia...
OSCE Mission brings Kosovo and Serbian institutions together to promote solutions to displacement
Publishing date: 28 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
PRISTINA, 28 November 2007- Money must be made available to the Kosovo Property Agency so that it can carry out property restitution, the legal and institutional framework must be updated to accommodate the needs of displaced persons...