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OSCE Chairmanship calls for new ways to combat security threats
LISBON, 20 November 2010 - President Nazarbayev at the NATO meeting on Afghanistan, stressed that to combat modern security challenges there needs to be a move from solely using military and police methods to eliminating the sources of these challenges...
OSCE Chairperson supports counter-drugs training course for Afghan police officers
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 10 November 2010 - The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan's Foreign Minister and Secretary of State Kanat Saudabayev, stressed the importance of tackling drug problems and security issues in Afghanistan...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek trains border officials on travel document security
NOVOPOKROVKA, Kyrgyzstan, 8 November 2010 - A training course that aims to strengthen travel document security in Kyrgyzstan, organized by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, started today in the Novopokrovka Border Troops Training Centre near Bishkek...
OSCE event participants say Paris Charter for New Europe relevant after 20 years, important for security community creation
PARIS, 28 October 2010 - Participants in a high-level event marking the 20th anniversary of the Charter of Paris for a New Europe today stressed the importance of the document for the future of Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian security.
Organization of American States Secretary General stresses need for strengthened regional co-operation in address to OSCE Permanent Council
VIENNA, 28 October 2010 - Jose Miguel Insulza, the Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), in his address to the OSCE Permanent Council today stressed the importance of strengthened co-operation in addressing security challenges...
Effective anti-terrorism policy requires OSCE comprehensive approach, says Chairperson
ASTANA, 14 October 2010 - The OSCE comprehensive concept of security and terrorism prevention needs practical implementation, said OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Kanat Saudabayev, addressing participants of an expert conference, which started in Astana today.
OSCE Expert Conference in Astana discusses collective responses to transnational terrorism challenges
ASTANA, 14 October 2010 - Ways to effectively address transnational and multidimensional threats of terrorism is the focus of an OSCE Expert Conference that started in Astana today...
OSCE Chairperson to address expert conference in Astana on strategies and policies to prevent terrorism
ASTANA, 11 October 2010 - OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan's Foreign Minister and Secretary of State Kanat Saudabayev will deliver a welcome address to participants of an OSCE conference on combating terrorism to be held in Astana on 14-15 October..
Secure passports in focus at OSCE workshop in Uzbekistan
TASHKENT, 8 October 2010 - An OSCE-supported training course that studied what Uzbekistan needs to do to participate in an international technical platform designed to validate biometric data stored in electronic passports, concluded today in Tashkent...
OSCE trains Afghan border police on detecting forged documents
DUSHANBE, 27 September 2010 - A two-week training course for 20 Afghan border police officials to increase operational awareness to detect forged documents and use Interpol databases started today at the OSCE Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe...