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OSCE Centre in Astana supports administrative justice reform in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 12 April 2010
ASTANA, 12 April 2010- A two-day conference supported by the OSCE Centre on the development of the administrative justice in Kazakhstan started in Astana today...
Prisoners' rights the focus of OSCE-supported training course in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 9 April 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
ASHGABAT, 9 April 2010- Twenty-seven prison officers from Turkmenistan's penitentiary institutions and three Police Academy instructors participated in a training course on international legal standards for the treatment of prisoners today...
UN Secretary-General addresses OSCE, appeals for restraint in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 8 April 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 8 April 2010- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for restraint in Kyrgyzstan, and announced that OSCE and UN special envoys would work closely together to facilitate the restoration of constitutional order in the country...
OSCE Office organizes discussions on ODIHR election recommendations
Publishing date: 7 April 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections, Rule of law
BAKU, 8 April 2010- The OSCE Office in Baku is today launching a series of roundtable discussions with political parties and civil society to follow-up the recommendations by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in 2008.
Afghan customs academy officials visit Kyrgyzstan, OSCE Centre in Bishkek to discuss co-operation
Publishing date: 2 April 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Border management, Conflict prevention and resolution
BISHKEK, 2 April 2010- The OSCE Centre in Bishkek hosted a delegation from Afghanistan's National Customs Academy this week to discuss the participation of Afghan officers in the OSCE's customs training development project in Kyrgyzstan.
OSCE holds expert panel at French Gendarmerie meeting on tackling cyber threats
Publishing date: 1 April 2010
LILLE, France, 1 April 2010- An expert panel organized by the OSCE's Action against Terrorism Unit today at the Fourth International Forum on Cybercriminality, in Lille discussed responses, countermeasures and the way forward in securing cyberspace...
OSCE Chairperson discusses with Ukraine leadership shared priorities, deepening co-operation
Publishing date: 31 March 2010
Content type: Press release
KYIV, 31 March 2010- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan's Secretary of State and Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev, discussed in Kyiv today key aspects of the dialogue on European security and ways of developing further co-operation...