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OSCE Centre holds seminar on human rights for police officers in Southern Kyrgyzstan

Publishing date: 28 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Human rights, Policing, Rule of law
JALAL-ABAD, Kyrgyzstan, 28 September 2009- An OSCE-supported two-day seminar that aims to prevent inhuman treatment and interpersonal conflicts when people are in police custody started today in the village of Arslanbob in the Jalal-Abad province...

OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs issue statement

Publishing date: 26 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Minsk Group
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
New York, 26 September 2009- The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Ambassadors Yury Merzlyakov of Russia, Bernard Fassier of France, and Robert Bradtke of the United States, released the following statement today:

OSCE Centre promotes development of renewable energy market in Turkmenistan

Publishing date: 25 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
ASHGABAT, 25 September 2009- An OSCE Centre-supported seminar that ended today in Ashgabat focused on the sustainability of solar and wind energy systems...

OSCE Mission to Serbia provides communication skills training to environmental NGOs

Publishing date: 25 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Environmental activities
BELGRADE, 25 September 2009- Some 20 environmental civil society representatives from northern Serbia are taking part in a communication skills training course that ends tomorrow in Subotica and was offered as part of a project supported by the OSCE...

OSCE Mission to Skopje supports conference that aims to strengthen Ombudsman Institution capacities to include anti-torture work

Publishing date: 25 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Rule of law
5 September 2009- An OSCE-supported conference that started in Skopje today aims to begin a process to strengthen the Ombudsman Institution's capacity to deal with prevention of torture and inhuman treatment..

OSCE Centre trains members of local councils in Kyrgyzstan's southern provinces

Publishing date: 25 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 25 September 2009- A training course on principles of local self-government and communication strategies for members of district and town councils from the Osh and Jalal-Abad provinces started in Osh today...

Number of women in OSCE senior positions up, but gender equality challenges remain, finds report

Publishing date: 24 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Gender equality
VIENNA, 24 September 2009- The OSCE has made strides in promoting gender equality and mainstreaming gender in its programmes and projects but further work is needed, found a report presented to the OSCE's participating States today...