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OSCE-supported training course on export control and non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction held in Bishkek
Publishing date: 3 April 2018
The Ministry of Economy of Kyrgyzstan together with the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek and the Centre for Non-proliferation and Export Control are conducting a training course on export control and non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction on 3 and 4 April 2018 in Bishkek...
Improving access to identity and civil registration documents for Roma in Ukraine the focus of OSCE/ODIHR expert meeting in Kyiv
Publishing date: 29 March 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Roma and Sinti
Identifying next steps in improving access to identity and civil registration documents for Roma in Ukraine was the focus of an expert meeting organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on 29 March 2018 in Kyiv.
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission’s Principal Deputy Chief Monitor to brief media on Friday via videolink from eastern Ukraine
Publishing date: 29 March 2018
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
KYIV, 29 March 2018 – Alexander Hug, the Principal Deputy Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), will hold a news briefing on Friday via video link from eastern Ukraine.
OSCE media freedom representative Désir calls for release of Özgürlükçü Demokrasi staff, following police raid on newspaper’s offices in Turkey
Publishing date: 29 March 2018
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 29 March 2018 – The closure of the Özgürlükçü Demokrasi newspaper and appointing a trustee to head it is a major attack on the independence of this media outlet and another setback to media pluralism in Turkey, said Harlem Désir, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, today following yesterday’s police raid on the newspaper’s office...
OSCE co-organizes cross-border training seminar on risk profiling in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 29 March 2018
An OSCE-supported five-day cross-border training seminar on risk profiling at border checkpoints, which began in Karasu, Kazakhstan on 26 March 2018, is nearing conclusion.
OSCE supports roundtable discussion on revising Kazakhstan’s Environmental Code
Publishing date: 29 March 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
Some 45 representatives from Kazakhstan’s Energy Ministry, international organizations and civil society sector gathered for an OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on revising the country’s Environmental Code on 29 March 2018 in Astana...
OSCE trains community police officers in Kazakhstan on combating domestic violence
Publishing date: 29 March 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Gender equality, Policing