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Training prison staff in Serbia: a key to reform
Prison staff throughout Serbia have at last been getting the assistance they need to push forward with reforms.
Finding a solution for uranium waste in Kyrgyzstan
The legacy left by twenty years of intensive uranium mining near Mailuu-Suu in Kyrgyzstan threatens to become an ecological disaster in Central Asia. The OSCE Centre in Bishkek is encouraging international co-operation in finding a solution.
Elections project urges Roma to take part in political life
The ODIHR's Contact Point for Roma and Sinti Issues is carrying out a project that uses election observation as a means of giving Roma and related groups access to political life.
OSCE-sponsored study tour in Bavaria
A delegation from the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje and government representatives were briefed on Bavarian competencies such as waste and water management, road maintenance, fire fighting and primary education.
Prevention is key in fighting human trafficking
The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine is giving its full support to a comprehensive national programme to fight human trafficking, with a particular focus on prevention campaigns and counseling hotlines.
OSCE document tackles risks from ammunition
At their Maastricht meeting on 1 December 2003, the 55 OSCE foreign ministers endorsed a new document addressing the risks arising from stockpiles of conventional ammunition...
Kosovo returnees need continued support
Returnees still face many difficulties, despite continuous efforts by the international community. The OSCE Mission in Kosovo supports humanitarian aid distribution and home reconstruction projects to help ease the situation.
Reaching out to the citizens of Serbia and Montenegro
The OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro launched an outreach campaign to raise awareness about the OSCE Mission's work and to learn about the local communities, their needs and how the Mission can help.
OSCE initiates first Kosovo Youth Assembly
The first multi-ethnic Kosovo Youth Assembly brought together teenagers of four different ethnicities.
Conflict prevention in action: OSCE's role in police reform
Policing plays a vital role in preventing conflict, in preserving social stability during a political crisis and in post-conflict rehabilitation. This is a lesson the international community had to learn in many of the globe's hot spots.