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OSCE Chairman De Gucht speaks to the United Nations Security Council

Publishing date: 17 January 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Partnerships
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
BRUSSELS, 17 January 2006- The OSCE Chairman in Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, has addressed the United Nations Security Council, presenting the main themes of the Belgian OSCE Chairmanship during 2006...

Joint statement by three special rapporteurs on freedom of expression

Publishing date: 28 December 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media freedom on the internet
VIENNA, 28 December 2005- The special rapporteurs on freedom of expression, from the UN, the OSCE and the OAS, issued a joint declaration on the Internet and freedom of expression and on the need to protect civil liberties in the fight against terrorism.

OSCE Mission and international community in Croatia call for urgent action to stop returnee from losing home

Publishing date: 16 December 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues
ZAGREB, 16 December 2005- The OSCE Mission to Croatia and other international community principals in Zagreb today expressed their concern over yesterday's court auction of the house of a Croatian Serb returnee...

OSCE Mission to Croatia and Central State Administration Office support establishment of permanent election body

Publishing date: 13 December 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Democratization
ZAGREB, 13 December 2005- The establishment of a permanent and independent State Election Commission was today supported by participants of a meeting in the Sabor (Parliament). The event, organized by the OSCE Mission to Croatia and...

OSCE Special Representative on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings helps joint fight against child trafficking

Publishing date: 13 December 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
VIENNA, 13 December 2005- Reinforcing that the fight against child trafficking is a priority for the OSCE, the OSCE Special Representative on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings today in Vienna announced a new joint initiative...

Counter-terrorism: OSCE holds workshop in Almaty on travel document security

Publishing date: 9 December 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism
ALMATY, 9 December 2005- The first Central Asian regional workshop on the handling and issuance of travel documents co-organized by the OSCE Centre in Almaty and the OSCE Secretariat's Action against Terrorism Unit (ATU) and hosted by the Kazakh...

Croatian Ministers and OSCE Mission launch media campaign on return and reintegration of refugees

Publishing date: 1 December 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
ZAGREB, 1 December 2005- Foreign Minister Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, Maritime Affairs, Tourism, Transport and Development Minister Bozidar Kalmeta, and the Head of the OSCE Mission to Croatia, Jorge Fuentes, presented yesterday a media campaign on...