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Greek OSCE Chairmanship calls for swift end to Ukraine-Russia gas dispute
ATHENS, 6 January 2009 - The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis, expressed concern today about increasingly disrupted gas supplies to parts of Europe and urged Ukraine and Russia to settle their energy dispute...
Features
Strengthening administrative justice in Ukraine
The OSCE is helping Ukraine develop a stronger system of administrative justice that will help citizens better protect their rights and hold authorities accountable.
OSCE training helps Serbian media cover reform of security sector
A training course supported by the OSCE Mission to Serbia is helping journalists provide better coverage of ongoing reforms in the country's security sector.
OSCE helps report human traffickers in Kosovo
For two weeks, the OSCE is supporting an information campaign to promote Kosovo's anti-trafficking helpline. The aim is to increase the information flow between the public and the authorities to combat trafficking in human beings.
Greece holds the OSCE Chairmanship in 2009. Photo: the Acropolis hill in Athens with ruins symbolic of Greece's long history. (Greek National Tourism Organisation)
PUBLICATION: OSCE Magazine December 2008
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Documents
Human Rights in the War-Affected Areas Following the Conflict in Georgia, ODIHR report, 27 November 2008
Letter by the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities on the ODIHR's report of 27 November 2008 on Georgia
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