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OSCE and International Civil Aviation Organization assess travel document security in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 9 July 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism
BISHKEK, 9 July 2014 – The OSCE Centre in Bishkek, the OSCE Secretariat (Transnational Threats Department) and the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in co-operation with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) facilitated at the request of the Kyrgyz Government the deployment of an assessment mission focussing on security of travel documents and of their issuance process...
OSCE and UN co-operation in security sector governance and reform discussed at joint conference in Vienna
Publishing date: 7 July 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
Co-operation between the OSCE and the United Nations in security sector governance and reform (SSG/R) was the topic of a conference that took place in Vienna on 7 July 2014. The conference was jointly organized by the OSCE and the UN and co-hosted by Switzerland and Slovakia...
OSCE Secretary General congratulates new OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva
Publishing date: 3 July 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
VIENNA, 3 July 2014 – OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier today congratulated Ilkka Kanerva of Finland on his election as President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA)...
Second group of OSCE monitors freed in eastern Ukraine
Publishing date: 28 June 2014
Content type: Press release
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
KYIV, 28 June 2014- The four members of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission’s Luhansk-based monitoring team that went missing on May 29 were released this evening after exactly one month in captivity...
OSCE and partners support regional expert seminar in Tirana on good practices in preventing corruption
Publishing date: 27 June 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Good governance
TIRANA, 27 June 2014 – Fifty-five senior anti-corruption officials and leading civil society representatives from OSCE participating States in eastern and south-eastern Europe, the South Caucasus and Central Asia came together for a two-day regional expert seminar on preventing corruption. The seminar ended today in Tirana...
Cross-border co-operation among criminal justice institutions on combating transnational crime in focus at annual OSCE police experts meeting
Publishing date: 18 June 2014
Criminal justice experts from OSCE participating States, executive structures and international organizations gathered in Vienna at the OSCE’s Annual Police Experts Meeting which started in Vienna on 17 June 2014...
OSCE youth project launched in Tbilisi
Publishing date: 17 June 2014
Sixty-two young prospective leaders mainly from Georgia gathered at the Ministry for Sports and Youth Affairs in Tbilisi for the launch of the OSCE project "Building an OSCE Youth Network in Georgia" on Friday 13 June 2014...