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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
What we do: Human rights, Migration, National minority issues, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
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...

OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media urges Italian Senate to drop law proposals restricting free flow of information.

Publishing date: 24 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Democratization, Media freedom and development, Media freedom on the internet, Media laws
VIENNA, 24 June 2009- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media asked the Italian legislature today to drop two planned legal provisions that would restrict freedom on the Internet and reporting on court cases...

Greek OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova conduct seminar on confidence- and security-building measures

Publishing date: 22 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
MAUERBACH, Austria, 22 June 2009- The Greek OSCE Chairmanship and the OSCE Mission to Moldova held a seminar on Confidence- and Security-Building Measures in Moldova on 21-22 June in Mauerbach, Austria, with the participation...

OSCE holds training course in Turkmenistan on identifying drug precursors

Publishing date: 19 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
ASHGABAT, 19 June 2009- A four-day OSCE-sponsored training course on identifying drug precursors and backtracking investigations concluded in Ashgabat today...

OSCE Project Co-ordinator supports development of a National Referral Mechanism to assist human trafficking victims in Ukraine

Publishing date: 19 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
KYIV, 19 June 2009- An OSCE supported conference on ways to rehabilitate and provide state assistance to victims of human trafficking was held in Kyiv today...

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
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Media freedom and development, Media self-regulation
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 media freedom representative urges Turkey to stop prosecution of author, reform laws that restrict speech rights

Publishing date: 18 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 18 June 2009- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, asked Turkish authorities today to drop charges against journalist Nedim Sener and called for urgent reform of laws that restrict freedom of expression...