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OSCE-supported regional peacekeeping course for military officers from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan concludes

Publishing date: 7 April 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
A two-week regional course for military officers from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan on pre-deployment for peacekeeping operations concluded on 6 April 2017 in Almaty, Kazakhstan...

OSCE and Spain’s Guardia Civil work to strengthen the preparedness of NGO staff against kidnapping for ransom

Publishing date: 6 April 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism
Strengthening the preparedness of NGO staff working in regions where they face a high risk of becoming a target of kidnapping for ransom is the focus of a three-day training course organized by the Transnational Threats Department of the OSCE Secretariat from 4 to 6 April 2017 in co-operation with the Spanish Guardia Civil’s Centre of Excellence for Special Training (CAE) in Logroño...

OSCE seeks to strengthen co-operation between participating States and Mediterranean Partners on border security and management

Publishing date: 6 April 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management
The OSCE points of contact network to strengthen risk analysis and information exchange between the OSCE’s participating States and Mediterranean Partners in the area of border security and management was launched at a roundtable event organized by the OSCE in Madrid from 4 to 6 April 2017 in co-operation with the Spanish National Police...

OSCE donates demining equipment to Tajik Ministry of Defence

Publishing date: 6 April 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Arms control
On the occasion of International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, Tajikistan’s National Mine Action Centre organized on 4 April 2017 an event bringing together government officials, international and national state organizations and NGOs engaged in humanitarian mine action as well donor community representatives in Tajikistan...

Role of inter-faith dialogue in peace building explored at expert workshop organized by OSCE and KAICIID in Vienna

Publishing date: 4 April 2017
Collections: OSCE documents and publications on mediation
Content type: News
Where we are: Networks, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
The positive role religious figures and institutions can play in conflict prevention and peace building was the theme of an expert workshop co-hosted by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the International Dialogue Centre (KAICIID) in Vienna on 3 and 4 April 2017.

OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Muttonen condemns metro bombing in St. Petersburg, offers condolences

Publishing date: 3 April 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Countering terrorism
COPENHAGEN, 3 April 2017 – Following an attack in St. Petersburg today that is being investigated by the Russian authorities as an act of terrorism, the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s President, Austrian parliamentarian Christine Muttonen, offered condolences and strongly condemned the violence...

OSCE supports seminar on domestic violence for judges in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 3 April 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Gender equality, Rule of law
The OSCE Programme Office in Astana supported a training seminar on presiding over cases of domestic violence for judges in the framework of the judges’ annual retraining courses in Astana on 3 April 2017...