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Albanian civil society organizations promote increased participation of women in elections

Publishing date: 9 February 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Gender equality
TIRANA, 9 February 2008- Civil society experts today prepared a set of recommendations aiming to increase women's role in politics as candidates, leaders and voters. The proposals came at the end of a forum...

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
What we do: Democratization, Economic activities, Gender equality, Tolerance and non-discrimination
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 meeting promotes co-operation for secure and safe waterways traffic

Publishing date: 28 January 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities, Good governance
VIENNA, 28 January 2008- With maritime and inland waterways traffic on the increase, enhanced co-operation is needed to meet security and environmental concerns, heard participants at the start of the OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum today...

OSCE media freedom representative visits Council of Europe, discusses joint concerns, co-operation

Publishing date: 24 January 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Media freedom and development, Media laws, Safety of journalists
STRASBOURG, 24 January 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, said today that legal standards established by the Council of Europe played an important role in his every day work and helped...

Regional co-operation in fighting illicit drugs threat focus of OSCE workshop in Istanbul

Publishing date: 24 January 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
ISTANBUL, 24 January 2008- Enhancing law enforcement and judicial co-operation to curb the illicit drug trade on the Balkan routes is the aim of a regional workshop that opened in Istanbul today. It was organized by the OSCE, UNODC and...

OSCE media freedom representative says Slovakian draft Press Act curbs editorial autonomy, asks authorities to withdraw it

Publishing date: 22 January 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws, Media pluralism, Media self-regulation
VIENNA, 22 January 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, has asked the Slovak Government to withdraw its draft Press Act from Parliament in its current version, saying that his office was ready to prepare a...

OSCE media freedom representative protests jailing of editor in Belarus for reprinting cartoons

Publishing date: 18 January 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 18 January 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, today condemned the three-year high-security prison sentence handed down to Alexander Zdvizhkov, ex-deputy editor of the Zhoda newspaper...