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Human rights panel to focus on Ukraine ahead of 2013 OSCE Chairmanship
Publishing date: 15 June 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
COPENHAGEN, 15 June 2012 – With former political leaders and human rights defenders imprisoned in several countries, a committee of parliamentarians from 55 nations is now considering a resolution that would demand all political prisoners be released and call for countries leading the OSCE to “set the standard” on human rights...
Fifth staff course for senior border officials from 12 states starts at OSCE Border Management Staff College
Publishing date: 4 June 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Border management
DUSHANBE, 4 June 2012 – Twenty-five senior border officials from OSCE participating States and Partner for Co-operation countries started a one-month course on border security and management at the OSCE Border Management Staff College (BMSC) today...
OSCE removes toxic rocket fuel component in Ukraine ahead of European football championship
Publishing date: 1 June 2012
Content type: Press release
What we do: Arms control
SHEVCHENKOVE, Ukraine, 1 June 2012- The third shipment of 715 tonnes of a toxic rocket fuel component, stored in deteriorating containers in eastern Ukraine, was safely loaded onto 14 railways tanks for disposal today as part of an OSCE-supported project...
OSCE/ODIHR promotes women’s political participation in Ukraine
Publishing date: 31 May 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Elections, Gender equality
Promoting women’s political participation in Ukraine ahead of parliamentary elections scheduled for later this year was the focus of a roundtable discussion organized in Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, on 31 May 2012, by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and partners...
OSCE promotes discussion on Internet-related issues in Central Asia
Publishing date: 18 May 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Media freedom and development
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 18 May 2012 – A two-day regional forum on the Internet in Central Asia, co-organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana, began in Almaty today...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator produces information cards for foreigners entering Ukraine to help stop human trafficking and exploitation
Publishing date: 15 May 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
Arrival information cards produced by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU) in co-operation with the country’s Ministry of Interior and State Border Guard Service will be distributed ahead of and during the European football championship co-hosted by Ukraine and Poland in June 2012...
OSCE, UNODC hold joint conference on the terrorist use of explosives
Publishing date: 10 May 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism
VIENNA, 10 May 2012 – A two-day conference aimed at improving the control of explosive substances in order to hinder terrorists’ access to them, organized by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) started in Vienna today...