Organization for Security and Co-operation in EuropeOSCE Centre in Astana
Press releases and media advisories
OSCE Gender Adviser, in Kazakhstan, says women’s rights essential for lasting security
ASTANA, 16 May 2012 - Miroslava Beham, OSCE Senior Adviser on Gender Issues, started today her visit to Kazakhstan during which she will discuss gender issues and exchange experiences with Kazakhstani officials, civil society, academics and journalists...
OSCE Centre in Astana promotes international standards in cross-border trade within Customs Union
ASTANA, 14 May 2012 – Facilitating cross-border trade and transport operations within the Customs Union comprised of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia is the subject of a regional seminar that started in Astana today.юю
OSCE trains non-financial entities in preventing money laundering, financing terrorism
ASTANA, 3 May 2012 – An OSCE training course on anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) for Kazakhstani non-financial businesses and professions has taken place today in Astana... ()
OSCE Centre supports dialogue on Kazakhstan’s population registration legislation
ASTANA, 3 May 2012 – The challenges of developing a modern national population registration system were discussed today at a roundtable meeting jointly organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana and the Fund for the Development of Parliamentarism in Kazakhstan...
Head of OSCE Centre meets authorities, opens anti-human trafficking event in western Kazakhstan
AKTAU, Kazakhstan, 23 April 2012 - The Head of the OSCE Centre in Astana Ambassador Natalia Zarudna, in Aktau on Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea coast today, met with local authorities and civil society representatives and opened a workshop on preventing human trafficking among vulnerable groups in Kazakhstan’s regions... ()
OSCE Centre in Astana trains journalists to cover environmental issues
SHYMKENT, Kazakhstan, 5 April 2012 – A two-day training course on environmental reporting for journalists began today in Shymkent in southern Kazakhstan. The course was organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana together with the NGO MediaNet International Centre for Journalism, the Southern Kazakhstan Regional Administration, and the newly established Shymkent Aarhus Centre... ()
OSCE Centre supports discussion on introducing plea bargaining into Kazakhstan’s criminal justice system
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 26 March 2012 – An OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on prospects for introducing plea bargaining into Kazakhstan’s planned Criminal Procedure Code was held in Almaty today... ()