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OSCE Co-ordinator praises Belarus for environmental activities

Publishing date: 16 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities, Good governance
MINSK, 16 November 2007- The Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, Bernard Snoy, praised today the efforts of Belarus within the ENVSEC Initiative, which provides a framework for co-operation on...

OSCE fosters Albania and Montenegro law enforcement co-operation in fight against trafficking and organized crime

Publishing date: 15 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Mission to Montenegro, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
TIRANA, 15 November 2007- Enhancing co-operation between Albanian and Montenegrin police, prosecutors and judges in the fight against transnational organized crime was the focus of an OSCE meeting that ended in Shkodra today...

OSCE Office supports study on the participation of female candidates in Armenia's parliamentary elections

Publishing date: 15 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Gender equality
YEREVAN, 15 November 2007- An imperfect electoral process, gender stereotypes, and a lack of political experience and financial resources put female political candidates at a disadvantage, found an OSCE-supported study presented today in Yerevan...

Co-operation needed to prevent terrorists from exploiting the Internet, finds OSCE meeting

Publishing date: 15 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism
VIENNA, 15 November 2007- Co-operation is crucial to efforts to prevent terrorist exploitation of the Internet, heard participants at an OSCE expert workshop that started today...

Travel document security in Mediterranean region focus of OSCE workshop in Madrid

Publishing date: 15 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism
MADRID, 15 November 2007- Helping OSCE countries improve the security of passports and other travel documents in the Mediterranean region was the focus of an OSCE workshop that ended in Madrid today...

OSCE-supported project that opened a shelter for trafficking victims hailed a success

Publishing date: 14 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights, Gender equality, Tolerance and non-discrimination
SKOPJE, 14 November 2007- The establishment of a shelter that has helped 41 human trafficking victims so far was the main achievement of a two-year OSCE-supported project, the conclusion of which was marked by OSCE and other officials in Skopje today...

OSCE media freedom representative concerned about suspension of television stations in Georgia

Publishing date: 8 November 2007
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
VIENNA, 8 November 2007- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, expressed concern today about the suspension of the work of Imedi TV, Georgia's most watched independent broadcaster and Kavkasia TV, which transmits in Tbilisi...