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OSCE holds media self-regulation seminar for Mediterranean Partner States
Publishing date: 19 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 19 June 2009- Journalists, editors and experts from the OSCE Mediterranean Partner States and OSCE participating States gathered today to discuss the merits, mechanisms and challenges of media self-regulation...
OSCE Mission to Moldova holds seminar to foster partnership and co-operation in fight against human trafficking
Publishing date: 29 May 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Human rights, Policing
CHISINAU, 29 May 2009- The OSCE Mission to Moldova, jointly with the OSCE Secretariat's Strategic Police Matters Unit, concluded a three-day seminar today on identifying, assisting and protecting human trafficking victims...
OSCE Police Reform Programme has helped Kyrgyzstan improve its police, Interior Minister says
Publishing date: 26 May 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Democratization, Policing
BISHKEK, 26 May 2009- The OSCE Centre in Bishkek's Police Reform Programme has helped Kyrgyzstan's police provide better service, Interior Minister Moldomusa Kongantiev said today during a meeting that reviewed the Programme's progress...
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...
OSCE promotes media self-regulation with training seminar for Moldovan journalists and editors
Publishing date: 21 May 2009
Content type: Press release
CHISINAU, 21 May 2009- Raising awareness about the importance of media self-regulation as a credible and viable mechanism to guarantee editorial independence and uphold journalistic ethics is the aim of a two-day training seminar...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes Russian journalists' initiative to tackle violence against the press
Publishing date: 6 May 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 6 May 2009- In a letter to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, welcomed today Russian civil and parliamentary initiatives to fight violence against journalists...
OSCE holds seminar for government officials, journalists in Kazakhstan to facilitate access to information
Publishing date: 28 April 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
KARAGANDA, Kazakhstan, 28 April 2009- A two-day OSCE training seminar aimed at fostering effective ties between government bodies and journalists and increasing access to official information started in Karaganda...