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Secretary General of Turkic Council addresses OSCE Permanent Council
Publishing date: 15 December 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: Permanent Council
The Secretary General of the Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States, Halil Akinci, addressed the OSCE Permanent Council on 15 December 2011 in Vienna, outlining the activities of his organization in and beyond its region as well as its approach towards relations with the OSCE...
OSCE Special Representative presents annual report, agenda for preventing trafficking for labour exploitation
Publishing date: 15 December 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, called on states to tackle the structural factors that increase the vulnerability of people to trafficking such as discrimination, violence, and lack of education and job opportunities, in her annual report to the Permanent Council on 15 December 2011...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo helps promote community policing
Publishing date: 14 December 2011
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 14 November 2011- The OSCE Mission and Kosovo police launched a public information campaign today promoting a new approach to community policing...
More focus on confidence-building measures in conflict resolution needed, says OSCE Special Representative at Geneva Discussions
Publishing date: 14 December 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
GENEVA, 14 December 2011 – Developing synergies through multiple confidence-building measures and reaching out to different communities can help support efforts towards conflict resolution, said Giedrius Čekuolis, the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for Protracted Conflicts, following the 18 round of the Geneva Discussions today...
OSCE Mission announces 2011 ‘People of the Year’ awards
Publishing date: 14 December 2011
BELGRADE, 14 December 2011 – In recognition of the contribution made by Serbia’s independent agencies and bodies in protecting and advancing human rights, equality, government accountability and citizens’ participation in the country, the heads of three institutions will receive the OSCE Mission to Serbia’s “People of the Year” awards at a ceremony in Belgrade today...
OSCE promotes co-operation on combating human trafficking in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 14 December 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
TASHKENT, 14 December 2011- Current practices, investigation techniques and operational experiences in combating human trafficking, along with victims’ rights and their access to justice is the focus of a two-day OSCE workshop that opened today in Tashkent...
Lithuanian OSCE Chairmanship concludes discussion series with seminar on security community
Publishing date: 14 December 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
The concluding seminar in the “V to V Dialogue” series of expert seminars organized by the Lithuanian OSCE Chairmanship began in Kahlenberg, near Vienna, on 14 December 2011...