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OSCE States must do more to promote tolerance, Chairman tells high-level meeting
Publishing date: 7 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
BUCHAREST, 7 June 2007- Intolerance and discrimination could threaten global security, and the OSCE's participating States need to strengthen efforts to avert this threat, the OSCE's Chairman-in-Office Miguel Angel Moratinos said today.
OSCE Centre helps devise and implement gender policies in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 5 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Gender equality, Tolerance and non-discrimination
KHUJAND, Tajikistan, 5 June 2007- Raising awareness of gender equality issues among civil servants and providing them with gender analysis tools for their everyday work are the aims of a five-day OSCE-supported training course which started in Khujand...
OSCE Mission launches education centre for Kosovo media
Publishing date: 29 May 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
PRISTINA, 29 May 2007- A new educational institution opened today by the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo offers media professionals a chance to enhance their skills...
OSCE assists Kazakhstan in promoting religious freedom
Publishing date: 25 May 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
ASTANA, 25 May 2007- International standards and Kazakhstani legislation on freedom of belief and religious association were the topics of a meeting organized today in Astana by the OSCE Centre in Almaty...
OSCE Chairman concerned about events in Tallinn and Moscow
Publishing date: 3 May 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
MADRID, 3 May 2007- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, expressed his concern today over the events that followed the removal of the WWII memorial of the "Bronze Soldier" in Tallinn and protests in front...
Fighting all forms of discrimination is important for Kosovo, OSCE Mission says
Publishing date: 18 April 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
PRISTINA, 18 April 2007- Kosovo's government institutions need to increase their efforts to ensure that requirements under the Anti-discrimination Law are effectively put into practice, Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Werner Wnendt...
OSCE Mission to Serbia concerned over street names
Publishing date: 5 April 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Education, Tolerance and non-discrimination
BELGRADE, 5 April 2007- The OSCE Mission to Serbia voiced concern today over the recent decision by the Novi Sad city assembly to name two streets after individuals who were allegedly involved in atrocities during the wars from the 1990s.