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OSCE assists Turkmenistan in enhancing security and facilitation at airports

Publishing date: 18 December 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Border management
ASHGABAT, 18 December 2014 –Twenty-two officials from the airport and aviation security, document issuance and passport control agencies of Turkmenistan attended a two-day, OSCE-organized seminar on identity management and biometrics that concluded in Ashgabat today...

Mandate of OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk extended by three months

Publishing date: 18 December 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Observer Mission at the Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk (discontinued)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 18 December 2014 – The OSCE’s 57 participating States today took a consensus decision to extend the mandate of the OSCE Observer Mission at the Russian checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk by three months to 23 March 2015...

OSCE Mission to Skopje donates equipment to primary school for children with special needs

Publishing date: 18 December 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Education, Youth
The OSCE Mission to Skopje, through its charitable programme Blossom Fund for Children, donated various teaching materials and technical equipment, books and games to the Dr. Zlatan Sremac Special Primary School in Skopje on 18 December 2014...

Prominent women from Belgrade and Prishtinë/Priština hold fourth meeting

Publishing date: 18 December 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Good governance, Gender equality
Fourteen prominent women representing parliaments, academia, civil society and media from Belgrade and Prishtinë/Priština gathered for the first time in Belgrade on 15 and 16 December 2014 as part of the so-called “Budva Process,” aimed at enabling these women to engage in a direct dialogue...

OSCE, Lithuanian Criminal Police Bureau, Kyrgyz Interior Ministry join forces to combat organized crime

Publishing date: 18 December 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Good governance, Policing
BISHKEK, 18 December 2014- The OSCE Centre in Bishkek today completed a three-day training course for 40 police investigators on how to effectively conduct EU Serious Organized Crime Threat Assessments (SOCTA), investigations based on intelligence-led policing, and combatting drug trafficking and violent extremism...

In Turkmenistan, OSCE PA Special Representatives underscore importance of engagement

Publishing date: 18 December 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Democratization, Border management, Human rights, Elections, Good governance
COPENHAGEN, 17 December 2014 – Special Representatives from the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly have completed a visit to Turkmenistan, where they emphasized the importance of engagement and dialogue with the OSCE in meetings with government and parliamentary leaders...

Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 16 December 2014

Publishing date: 17 December 2014
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
The SMM continued to monitor the implementation of the provisions of the Minsk Protocol and Memorandum and the work of the Joint Centre for Control and Co-ordination (JCCC). According to the Kherson regional border guard department, Russian military have withdrawn from the Arabat Spit.