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OSCE improves teaching skills of Afghan customs officers
BISHKEK, 27 October 2011 - An educational course for Afghan customs officers held in the ‘training-of-trainers’ format concluded in Bishkek today...
OSCE Centre in Astana promotes customs risk management
ASTANA, 24 October 2011 – A three-day workshop on risk management for the customs administrations of CIS countries began in Astana today...
OSCE Centre promotes integrated border management in Kazakhstan
AKTAU, Kazakhstan, 10 October 2011 - A four-day OSCE-organized workshop on integrated border management for 15 Kazakhstani border service officials began today in Aktau, a city on the Caspian Sea...
OSCE assists in building capacity of customs officers in Turkmenistan
Ashgabat, 19 September 2011 – An OSCE-supported ‘train-the-trainer’ course on communication skills in customs opened at the Customs Training Centre in Ashgabat today...
OSCE seminar highlights good practices in border demarcation
VILNIUS, 31 May 2011 – Border officials, diplomats, scientists, cartographers, engineers and other experts today began discussing good practices in delimitation and demarcation of borders at an OSCE Chairmanship seminar in Vilnius...
OSCE-Mongolia Conference focuses on enhanced co-operation with Asian Partners in addressing common security challenges
ULAANBAATAR, 23 May 2011 – Strengthening synergies between the 56 participating States of the OSCE and its Asian Partners for Co-operation in addressing transnational threats, such as illicit drug trafficking; advancing international economic co-operation, in particular on transport and energy security; as well as promoting human rights and fundamental freedoms in the whole OSCE area, are key topics of the OSCE-Mongolia Conference that started in Ulaanbaatar today...
Tajikistan’s Foreign Minister addresses OSCE, reconfirms commitments, calls for political dialogue to solve economic and environmental problems
VIENNA, 31 March 2011 – Tajikistan’s Foreign Minister Hamrokhon Zarifi in his address to the OSCE Permanent Council today reconfirmed the country’s commitments to its OSCE obligations in all dimensions of security, stressed the need for active international involvement in economic rehabilitation of Afghanistan, and the importance of promoting political dialogue in Central Asia to overcome differences on water and energy... ()
OSCE trains senior border officers from Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Mongolia and Tajikistan
DUSHANBE, 25 March 2011 – Officers and managers from border, customs and drug control agencies in Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Mongolia and Tajikistan successfully completed a one-month Senior Staff course on border security and management at the OSCE Border Management Staff College (BMSC) today...