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OSCE Office supports Tajik Drug Control Agency's annual report
Publishing date: 3 March 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
DUSHANBE, 03 March 2009- Ambassador Vladimir Pryakhin, the Head of the OSCE Office in Tajikistan, attended a ceremony today marking the release of the 2008 annual report of the Tajik Drug Control Agency (DCA), which was supported by the OSCE Office...
OSCE Centre in Astana supports meeting to promote effective laws to combat domestic violence
Publishing date: 26 February 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
ALMATY, 26 February 2009- Parliamentarians, members of the National Commission on Women, Family and Demographic Policy under the President, police officers and civil society representatives discussed how Kazakhstan can best combat domestic violence...
Greek Chairmanship priorities, dialogue on European security featured in OSCE Magazine
Publishing date: 18 February 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Economic activities, Border management, Environmental activities, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Education, Elections, Countering terrorism, Gender equality, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector, Roma and Sinti, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
VIENNA, 18 February 2009- The latest OSCE Magazine, now available online, highlights the Greek OSCE Chairmanship's challenging start to the year and the results of the 16th Ministerial Council in Helsinki...
OSCE supports States' efforts to develop gender-sensitive labour migration policies
Publishing date: 16 February 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
BRDO, Slovenia, 16 February 2009- Eighty senior government officials as well as representatives of workers' and employers' organizations and migrant associations met today for a seminar aimed at supporting gender-sensitive labour migration policies...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports report on human trafficking trials
Publishing date: 23 December 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
SKOPJE, 23 December 2008- A report, supported by the OSCE Spillover Mission to Skopje, with findings and recommendations based on monitoring of trials related to human trafficking for the period of 2005-2008 was presented today in Skopje...
The OSCE Office in Tajikistan conducts course on investigating human trafficking crimes
Publishing date: 17 December 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
DUSHANBE, 17 December 2008- The rights of trafficked persons and effective investigation and prosecution of human trafficking cases were the focus of a five-day training OSCE course which ended in Dushanbe today...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator strengthens role of Ukrainian medical professionals to assist human trafficking victims
Publishing date: 10 December 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
KYIV, 10 December 2008- The role of medical practitioners in combating human trafficking and ensuring victim assistance is the focus of a two-day seminar that started in Kyiv today...