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OSCE seminar discusses transport and border crossing facilitation in Turkmenistan

Publishing date: 17 November 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Economic activities, Border management, Environmental activities, Good governance
ASHGABAT, 17 November 2009- Twenty senior officials from Turkmenistan wrapped up a two-day OSCE-supported seminar in Ashgabat today on legal aspects of international transport, harmonizing customs controls on goods and easing border crossings...

OSCE media freedom watchdog welcomes United Kingdom's decriminalization of defamation, urges other states to follow

Publishing date: 17 November 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Media freedom and development
VIENNA, 17 November 2009- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, commended the United Kingdom today for decriminalizing defamation...

Press release issued by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly

Publishing date: 17 November 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
VIENNA, 19 November 2009- The following is a press release issued by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly today. The views expressed in this press release do not necessarily reflect those of the OSCE Chairmanship, nor of all OSCE participating States...

OSCE Office supports the enhancement of the national referral mechanism to combat human trafficking in Tajikistan

Publishing date: 17 November 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights, Rule of law
DUSHANBE, 17 November 2009- A roundtable on the referral mechanisms for victims of human trafficking organized jointly by the OSCE Office in Dushanbe and the Tajik Inter-Agency Commission on Combating Human Trafficking started in Dushanbe today.

OSCE Office co-organizes conference on Central Asia mine action co-operation

Publishing date: 17 November 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Arms control
DUSHANBE, 17 November 2009- A conference organized by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan with the International Trust Fund (ITF) on co-operation to address landmine and mine-related challenges in Central Asia opened in Dushanbe today...

Hate crimes remain serious problem in many OSCE states, new ODIHR report says

Publishing date: 16 November 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues, Policing, Roma and Sinti, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
WARSAW, 16 November 2009- Hate crimes continue to be a serious problem in many OSCE participating States, concludes a report published by OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today...

OSCE-EU Troika discusses Athens Ministerial, protracted conflicts

Publishing date: 16 November 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
BRUSSELS, 16 November 2009- The participants of the OSCE-EU Troika held in Brussels today noted the two bodies' excellent level of co-operation in rebuilding trust between the participating States and shaping the future of European security...