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OSCE releases Summary Report on Bishkek Conference on Security and Stability in Central Asia
Publishing date: 12 March 2002
Content type: Press release
VIENNA, 12 March 2002- The OSCE released today a Summary Report on the Bishkek International Conference on Security and Stability in Central Asia, held on 13 and 14 December 2001 in Kyrgyzstan. This conference was co-sponsored by...
OSCE Conference on freedom of belief calls for tolerance
Publishing date: 18 February 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues
BISHKEK, 18 February 2002-- An OSCE conference on freedom of belief and expression in Central Asia has stressed the need for greater tolerance, and called for respect for human rights in the campaign against terrorism...
Bishkek Conference on prevention and countering of terrorism concludes with adoption of Action Programme
Publishing date: 14 December 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues
BISHKEK, 14 December 2001- The Bishkek International Conference, organized by the OSCE and the UN ODCCP concluded today with the adoption of a Declaration and a Programme of Action
Bishkek Conference on prevention and countering of terrorism formally opened
Publishing date: 13 December 2001
Content type: Press release
BISHKEK, 13 December 2001- Some 300 participants and observers coming from over 60 states and international organizations have gathered in the Kyrygz capital, Bishkek, for an international conference on the prevention and countering of terrorism.
Bishkek Conference on 13 and 14 December will focus on concrete measures to prevent and counter terrorism
Publishing date: 11 December 2001
Content type: Press release
BISHKEK, 11 December 2001- The prevention and countering of terrorism will be on top of the agenda of an international conference organized by the OSCE and UN ODCCP on 13 and 14 December in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE's human rights office welcomes progress in reform of Kyrgyz prison system
Publishing date: 9 November 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
WARSAW, 9 November 2001- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) welcomes the Kyrgyz Government's decision to place the country's prison system under the authority of the Ministry of Justice...
President of the Kyrgyz Republic calls for urgent action against terrorism
Publishing date: 20 September 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
VIENNA, 20 September 2001 (OSCE)- In an address to the Permanent Council of the OSCE yesterday, the President of the Kyrgyz Republic, Mr. Askar Akaev, expressed his profound sense of shock at the tragic events that struck the United States last week