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Organization of American States Secretary General stresses need for strengthened regional co-operation in address to OSCE Permanent Council
Publishing date: 27 October 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Partnerships, Permanent Council
VIENNA, 28 October 2010- Jose Miguel Insulza, the Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), in his address to the OSCE Permanent Council today stressed the importance of strengthened co-operation in addressing security challenges...
OSCE media freedom representative: Belarus needs media pluralism
Publishing date: 27 October 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Media freedom and development, Media pluralism
MINSK, 27 October 2010- Belarusian media and society need media pluralism, the OSCE Representative on Media Freedom, Dunja Mijatovic, said today, adding that her office is ready to offer support and advice as the country liberalizes...
OSCE Special Representative calls for private sector to ensure supply chains free from exploitation
Publishing date: 19 October 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
BRUSSELS, 19 October 2010- Ensuring that supply chains are free from all forms of exploitation is an important element of companies' social engagement and contribute to fighting human trafficking, said the OSCE Special Representative...
OSCE Senior Adviser calls for effective implementation of Azerbaijan's domestic violence law
Publishing date: 14 October 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Gender equality
BAKU, 14 October 2010- This month's adoption of a law on prevention of domestic violence, marks an important step for Azerbaijan towards implementing its gender equality commitments, the OSCE Senior Adviser on Gender Issues, Jamila Seftaoui...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator supports seminar to prevent trafficking of labour migrants' children
Publishing date: 13 October 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
KYIV, 13 October 2010- An OSCE-supported seminar that started today looks at how social workers can help protect labour migrants' children from human trafficking...
OSCE media freedom representative: Ukraine should take swift and resolute measures to entrench its exemplary record in media pluralism
Publishing date: 13 October 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development, Media pluralism, Rule of law
KYIV, 13 October 2010- Ukraine has achieved a great level of media freedom but it must take urgent steps to safeguard it, Dunja Mijatovic, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, said today...
Protecting the rights of every child is key to preventing trafficking, OSCE Special Representative says at Alliance meeting
Publishing date: 7 October 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
WARSAW, 7 October 2010- Child protection must be a priority for efforts to prevent child trafficking to be effective, the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, said today...