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OSCE facilitates police reform in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 9 December 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Countering terrorism, Policing
The OSCE Office in Tajikistan facilitated a three-day expert operational meeting from 27 to 29 November 2013 aimed at aligning the Police Reform Programme and Action Plan with the National Police Reform Strategy of Tajikistan...
Protracted conflicts, human dimension issues, transnational threats and OSCE future perspectives amongst decisions at Kyiv Ministerial Meeting
Publishing date: 6 December 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
KYIV, 6 December 2013 – A commitment to address protracted conflicts, stronger OSCE work on energy and environment, increased efforts to address transnational threats, human dimension agreements on religious freedom and Roma, and a reaffirmation of the Helsinki +40 process to map the OSCE’s future path were amongst the results of the 20th OSCE Ministerial Council that concluded in Kyiv today...
OSCE Mission to Skopje facilitates dialogue between municipal councillors
Publishing date: 6 December 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
The OSCE Mission to Skopje has organized a number of training sessions over the last two months for municipal councillors in ethnically mixed municipalities in an effort to facilitate dialogue between different ethnic groups. The last in this series of trainings started on 6 December 2013 in Struga...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports international campaign against gender violence
Publishing date: 6 December 2013
To raise awareness about gender violence and to demonstrate solidarity with its victims, the OSCE Mission to Skopje supports an essay competition at the law faculty of the European University in Skopje today, 6 December 2013.
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President’s statement on the passing of Nelson Mandela
Publishing date: 6 December 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
KYIV, 6 December 2013 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ranko Krivokapic issued the following statement today on the passing of former South African President Nelson Mandela:
Think tank network discusses Helsinki + 40
Publishing date: 5 December 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Main Website
The newly-established network of OSCE think tanks held a panel discussion in Kyiv on 4 December ahead of the opening of the Ministerial Council to discuss how the academic community can assist participating States in defining new directions for the Organization, in the so-called Helsinki+ 40 process...
OSCE Ministerial Council in Kyiv: call for increased effort on Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian security, respect for rights and freedoms
Publishing date: 5 December 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
KYIV, 5 December 2013 –The 20th OSCE Ministerial Council has opened in Kyiv today with a call for greater efforts towards creating a Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian security community with no dividing lines, respect for the rule of law and basic freedoms, and unity of purpose...