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Kyrgyzstan removed from FATF non-co-operative countries list, with OSCE assistance
Publishing date: 3 July 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Economic activities, Good governance, Countering terrorism
Kyrgyzstan has been removed from the ‘grey list’ of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and will no longer be subject to the FATF’s monitoring process under its ongoing global process of compliance with requirements on anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT). This was announced at the third FATF Plenary meeting held from 25 to 27 June 2014 in Paris. The OSCE Centre in Bishkek contributed to this through providing technical assistance to Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE trains officials from Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan on conflict prevention
Publishing date: 3 July 2014
Content type: Press release
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
DUSHANBE, 3 July 2014 – Today the OSCE Office in Tajikistan jointly with the OSCE Centre in Bishkek and in close co-operation with the Geneva Centre for Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) completed a four-day training course on conflict prevention...
Latest from the Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) in Ukraine based on information received until 1 July 2014, 18:00 (Kyiv time)
Publishing date: 2 July 2014
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Tensions remained in parts of Donbas. The situation was calm elsewhere across the country...
OSCE/ODIHR Director congratulates Ilkka Kanerva on election as President of OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
Publishing date: 2 July 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
WARSAW, 2 July 2014 – Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), today congratulated Finnish Member of Parliament Ilkka Kanerva on his election as President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA)...
Media freedom situation in Montenegro remains complex, impunity still key obstacle, says OSCE representative
Publishing date: 2 July 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
PODGORICA, 2 July 2014 – Finishing a two-day official visit to Montenegro, OSCE media freedom representative Dunja Mijatović today said she remains concerned about journalists’ safety and about the lack of unity among members of the media in the country...
Law enforcement officials from Turkmenistan learn security management practices at Munich airport on OSCE-supported study visit
Publishing date: 2 July 2014
ASHGABAT, 2 July 2014 – Best practices in airport security management and operations were the focus of an OSCE-organized study visit to Germany that concluded in Munich today...
OSCE/ODIHR seminar highlights need for clear separation between state and political parties
Publishing date: 2 July 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization
The role of political parties in parliaments and the separation between parties and the state were the focus of an expert seminar organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw on 1 and 2 July 2014.