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OSCE States explore role for the Organization regarding migration and refugee flows

Publishing date: 20 July 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Economic activities, Border management, Human rights, Migration, Policing, Tolerance and non-discrimination
VIENNA, 20 July 2016 – Possible roles for the OSCE in the context of the migration and refugee flows across the OSCE area were discussed today at a special meeting of the Permanent Council in Vienna...

OSCE PA human rights committee Chair Ignacio Sanchez Amor deplores the killing of journalist Pavel Sheremet, calls for exhaustive investigation

Publishing date: 20 July 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
COPENHAGEN, 20 July 2016 – Ignacio Sanchez Amor, the Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions, today condemned the killing of journalist Pavel Sheremet, which took place earlier today in Kyiv, Ukraine...

Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 19 July 2016

Publishing date: 20 July 2016
Content type: Weekly report
Where we are: OSCE Observer Mission at the Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk (discontinued)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
KAMENSK-SHAKHTINSKIY, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). The overall cross-border traffic decreased at both BCPs.

OSCE Representative condemns murder of journalist Pavel Sheremet in Ukraine

Publishing date: 20 July 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 20 July 2016 – OSCE media freedom representative Dunja Mijatović today condemned the murder of journalist Pavel Sheremet in Kyiv, Ukraine...

OSCE Office in Tajikistan presents recommendations from the Customs Code Integrity Assessment

Publishing date: 20 July 2016
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Economic activities, Good governance
The need for a risk management system for Tajikistan’s Customs Service and simpler procedures for transparency and accountability are key recommendations of an integrity assessment of the Customs Code, presented to international donors, private and international companies and NGOs by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan on 18 July 2016...

OSCE Centre in Bishkek enhances police investigators’ skills in crime investigation techniques

Publishing date: 20 July 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Policing
BISHKEK, 20 July 2016- A series of three-day training courses for police investigators on investigating murders which were committed with the use of explosives, firearms and cold arms are being held from 14 July until 6 August 2016 in Bishkek, Balykchy and Osh cities by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan’s Interior Ministry and the Kyrgyz State Judicial Academy...

OSCE Centre signs long-term agreement on co-operation with Kyrgyz State Committee on National Security

Publishing date: 19 July 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Countering terrorism
BISHKEK, 19 July 2016 – The OSCE Centre in Bishkek and the State Committee on National Security (SCNS) signed a long-term agreement with the aim of increasing co-operation to support the country's security sector...