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OSCE Special Representative calls for private sector to ensure supply chains free from exploitation
Publishing date: 19 October 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
BRUSSELS, 19 October 2010- Ensuring that supply chains are free from all forms of exploitation is an important element of companies' social engagement and contribute to fighting human trafficking, said the OSCE Special Representative...
Role of Parliamentary Military Commissioner in Bosnia and Herzegovina in focus of OSCE-supported conference
Publishing date: 19 October 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
SARAJEVO, 19 October 2010- The role of the Parliamentary Military Commissioner in protecting rights and freedoms of military personnel in Bosnia and Herzegovina was the focus of a conference held in Sarajevo today...
OSCE Office promotes economic empowerment of women with meeting in south-eastern Belarus
Publishing date: 19 October 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
What we do: Economic activities, Gender equality
HOMEL, Belarus, 19 October 2010- An OSCE-supported roundtable meeting that aims to promote economic empowerment in Belarus was held today in Homel, a city in south-eastern Belarus...
Media pluralism in Tajikistan in danger, OSCE media freedom representative warns
Publishing date: 18 October 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 18 October 2010- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic, said today that she was concerned about recent developments limiting media access and freedom and increasing pressure on independent media in Tajikistan...
Implementation of commitments, future of OSCE in focus at review conference in Vienna
Publishing date: 18 October 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
VIENNA, 18 October 2010- OSCE participating States' implementation of commitments in the politico-military and economic-environmental dimensions of security, as well as the future role and structure of the OSCE, were in focus today...
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...