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Field visit to Tajik-Afghan border held as part of OSCE border college senior staff course
Publishing date: 27 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Border management
DUSHANBE, 27 November 2010- Customs, border guard and drug control agency officials from Afghanistan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan made a field visit to the Afghan-Tajik border today as part of the OSCE Border Management Staff College...
OSCE starts clean-up of toxic rocket fuel component from third military base in Ukraine
Publishing date: 19 November 2010
Content type: Press release
What we do: Arms control, Economic activities, Environmental activities
RADEKHIV, Ukraine, 19 November- Specialists filled railway tanks with a toxic rocket fuel component that had been stored in deteriorating containers at a military base in Western Ukraine today in preparation for shipping...
Youth in focus of OSCE Centre in Bishkek conflict prevention work
Publishing date: 18 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
BISHKEK, 18 November, 2010- A police training seminar and a youth football tournament that started today illustrate the role youth play in conflict prevention efforts, said the Head of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, Ambassador Andrew Tesoriere...
Switzerland's Muslims discuss creation of umbrella organization at meeting co-hosted by OSCE/ODIHR
Publishing date: 22 October 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
BERN, 22 October 2010- Representatives of Switzerland's Muslim communities will discuss how the interests of Muslims can be presented more effectively at the national level during a conference in Bern.
OSCE Border Management Staff College strengthens Customs Administration of Afghanistan
Publishing date: 18 October 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Border management
DUSHANBE, 18 October 2010- First course on risk analysis for officers from the Afghanistan and Tajikistan Customs Administrations from different regions of Afghanistan begins today at the OSCE Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe...
OSCE, IOM and La Strada call for adoption of comprehensive anti-trafficking legislation in Ukraine
Publishing date: 18 October 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
KYIV, 18 October 2010- Marking European Anti-Trafficking Day, the international and non-governmental organizations called today for the adoption of a comprehensive anti-trafficking law and the State Programme Against Human Trafficking for 2011-2015...
Minsk Group co-chairs issue statement
Publishing date: 25 September 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Minsk Group
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
NEW YORK, 25 September 2010- The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Ambassadors Bernard Fassier of France, Robert Bradtke of the United States, and Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, released the following statement today: