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OSCE Centre in Bishkek helps strengthen police, social services co-operation to prevent and combat domestic violence
Publishing date: 2 December 2009
BISHKEK, 2 December, 2009- A roundtable discussion for police, representatives of the state administration and social, educational and health institutions along with representatives of crisis centres for victims of domestic violence was held today...
Athens Ministerial Council begins with call for unity on European security dialogue
Publishing date: 2 December 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
ATHENS, 1 December 2009- The dialogue on European security can be meaningful only if it is tied to concrete progress, the foreign ministers of the 56 OSCE participating States heard at the start of the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council in Athens today...
OSCE Special Representative meets Russian officials to discuss co-operation in combating human trafficking
Publishing date: 20 November 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
MOSCOW, 20 November 2009- The OSCE Special Representative for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Eva Biaudet, has met Russian counterparts to discuss international co-operation in combating the crime...
Kazakhstani environmental experts in Armenia for Aarhus study visit
Publishing date: 20 November 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
YEREVAN, 20 November 2009- Armenian and Kazakhstani experts exchanged experiences in addressing environmental challenges, in particular with implementing the Aarhus Convention, during a study visit by that concluded in Yerevan today...
OSCE Centre in Astana starts co-operation with the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea
Publishing date: 20 November 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
ALMATY, 20 November 2009- The OSCE Centre in Astana formally commenced co-operation with the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (IFAS) Executive Directorate in the Republic of Kazakhstan by signing a Memorandum of Understanding today...
OSCE training workshop on confidence- and security-building measures organized in Ashgabat
Publishing date: 19 November 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
ASHGABAT, 19 November 2009- A two-day training workshop on OSCE Confidence- and Security-Building Measures (CSBMs) concluded in Ashgabat today...
OSCE seminar discusses transport and border crossing facilitation in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 17 November 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Secretariat
ASHGABAT, 17 November 2009- Twenty senior officials from Turkmenistan wrapped up a two-day OSCE-supported seminar in Ashgabat today on legal aspects of international transport, harmonizing customs controls on goods and easing border crossings...