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Latest round of talks in Transdniestrian settlement process concluded in Odesa with agreement on confidence-building measure
Publishing date: 24 May 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
ODESA, Ukraine, 24 May 2013- The latest round of negotiations in the Transdniestrian settlement process concluded today in the Ukrainian city of Odesa with an agreement on a further confidence-building measure...
Press Release by the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group
Publishing date: 24 May 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Minsk Group
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
YEREVAN, 24 May, 2013- The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Ambassadors Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Jacques Faure of France, and Ian Kelly of the United States of America) and the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, traveled to the region May 23-24 to continue their efforts to help the sides find a peaceful resolution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. They met with Azerbaijani President Aliyev in Baku on 23 May, and Armenian President Sargsian in Yerevan on 24 May...
OSCE helps chief accountants of Kyrgyzstan’s penitentiary institutions develop professional skills
Publishing date: 24 May 2013
A five-day training seminar for chief accountants of Kyrgyzstan’s detention facilities, organized by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek and the State Penitentiary Service, ended in Bishkek on 24 May 2013...
OSCE Centre in Astana facilitates national dialogue on social services for victims of cruel treatment
Publishing date: 24 May 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
ASTANA, 24 May 2013 – Ensuring access to special social services for victims of cruel treatment, including victims of human trafficking and domestic violence, was the topic of an OSCE-supported discussion in Astana today that brought together national and international experts...
OSCE trains Tajik border and law enforcement officers on criminal procedure code
Publishing date: 24 May 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Border management
DUSHANBE, 24 May 2013 – Twenty-four officers from the Tajik Border Troops, Customs Service, State Committee of National Security and Drug Control Agency completed today a two-week training course on the criminal procedure code organized by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan...
Cleaning up Kosovo as a model for civic engagement
Publishing date: 24 May 2013
On the occasion of this year’s World Clean Up Day, more than 140 OSCE Mission members helped tidy up public spaces throughout Kosovo, as part of the ‘Let’s Do It Kosovo!’ action on 24 May 2013...
International standards of freedom of religion or belief legislation discussed at OSCE meeting in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 24 May 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination