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OSCE holds border and customs training on countering corruption
Publishing date: 23 November 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Border management
DUSHANBE, 23 November 2012 – Ways to prevent, detect and investigate internal corruption cases were examined at a training seminar at the OSCE Border Management Staff College that concluded today...
Religious leaders should promote recognition for all religious and belief communities, participants at OSCE meeting say
Publishing date: 23 November 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
Religious leaders can do more to promote the right of all religious and belief communities to full, equal and non-discriminatory access to legal personality, said participants at a joint meeting of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the European Council of Religious Leaders- Religions for Peace (ECRL) in Warsaw on 22 November 2012...
OSCE hosts annual meeting for consular officials in Ukraine on combating human trafficking
Publishing date: 23 November 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
Better co-operation on immigration issues is a way to prevent human trafficking. On November 23, 2012 the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine organized a roundtable discussion in Kyiv to promote better co-ordination between Ukrainian authorities and consular officials in combating human trafficking...
OSCE workshop in Moldova develops proposals on evaluating judges
Publishing date: 22 November 2012
Content type: News
What we do: Rule of law
Ways to evaluate the performance of judges were the focus of a two-day workshop organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), the OSCE Mission to Moldova and the Superior Council of Magistrates that ended on 22 November 2012 in Vadul lui Voda...
Self-regulation, code of ethics key to fighting pressure on print media, conclude OSCE conference participants
Publishing date: 22 November 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Media freedom and development
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 22 November 2012- Self-regulatory bodies for print media have a key role to play in improving the quality of reporting, protecting media from undue pressure, and increasing their competitiveness in saturated media markets, the participants of an OSCE conference on the state of print media in South Eastern Europe concluded today...
OSCE Centre in Astana holds anti-money laundering seminar
Publishing date: 22 November 2012
ASTANA, 22 November 2012 – The OSCE Centre in Astana supported a distance learning seminar on countering money laundering held today in Astana...
Secretary General welcomes Mongolia to OSCE, stresses added value to security community
Publishing date: 22 November 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General
The OSCE Secretary General, Lamberto Zannier, welcomed on 22 November 2012 the Permanent Representative of Mongolia, Enkhsaikhan Jargalsaikhan, to the OSCE following the decision for the country to become the Organization’s 57th participating State...