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OSCE supports human rights seminar for Kyrgyzstan police officers
Publishing date: 24 August 2013
An OSCE-supported seminar on the role of the police in the observance and protection of human rights, led by the experts of the Interior Ministry Police Academy, ended today at the Ministry’s facility in Issy-Kul province...
OSCE supports discussion on Armenia’s fire management policies
Publishing date: 23 August 2013
The OSCE Office in Yerevan, in co-operation with Armenian Emergency Situations Ministry and the Global Fire Monitoring Centre, organized a roundtable discussion on improvements in fire management, including national legislative and institutional frameworks and a training on international standards on 20-22 August 2013, in Yerevan and Aghveran...
OSCE helps Tajikistan implement WTO trade agreement
Publishing date: 23 August 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
DUSHANBE, 23 August 2013 – An OSCE-facilitated roundtable meeting on strengthening food safety control and upgrading preparation for the implementation of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS Agreement) in Tajikistan, was completed today in Dushanbe...
OSCE supports Tajikistan’s young politicians on study trip to rural regions
Publishing date: 23 August 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Youth
Ahead of Tajikistan’s presidential election campaign, the start of which will be announced at a special joint session of Parliament on 30 August, the OSCE Office in Tajikistan brought young politicians from Dushanbe, representing the ruling coalition and opposition parties, together with local authorities and young activists at meetings on 15 August 2013 in Kurgan-Tyube, the administrative centre of Khatlon region...
OSCE Office in Baku holds sessions on non-interference in election processes
Publishing date: 23 August 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Elections
BAKU, 23 August 2013 – The OSCE Office in Baku, in co-operation with the Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan and the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Azerbaijan, held today in Baku the first in a series of sessions on the importance of non-interference in election processes in the run-up to the Presidential elections on 9 October 2013...
OSCE trains Tajik and Afghan border officers in detecting forged travel documents and combating illegal border crossings
Publishing date: 23 August 2013
DUSHANBE, 23 August 2013 – In an effort to strengthen the operational and analytical capacities of border management officials, twenty-two Tajik and Afghan border police officers completed today a one-week training course on detecting forged travel documents and combating illegal border crossings, organized by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan...
OSCE facilitates summer camp for young journalists in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 21 August 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Media freedom and development, Youth