News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Skopje Mission and Interior Ministry conduct police training on ethics
Publishing date: 17 May 2004
SKOPJE, 17 May 2004- The OSCE Mission to Skopje and the Ministry of Interior today launched the first training course for police officers on the Code of Police Ethics. The programme will be attended by more than 30 officers...
OSCE/ODIHR handbook emphasizes human rights of trafficking victims
Publishing date: 14 May 2004
WARSAW, 14 May 2004-A new handbook published by a leading European human rights organization, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, focuses on improving protection of the human rights of trafficking victims. It also provides...
OSCE Centre holds conference on gender-related issues for students in Central Asia
Publishing date: 13 May 2004
DUSHANBE, 13 May 2004- Raising awareness of gender-related problems among students in Central Asia and preventing inequality in society is the aim of a conference that opened here today. Some 60 students from...
OSCE Personal Envoy Ahtisaari visits Tajikistan, discusses 2005 elections and human rights
Publishing date: 13 May 2004
DUSHANBE, 13 May 2004- The Personal Envoy of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office for Central Asia, Martti Ahtisaari, ended a visit to Tajikistan today after meeting local leaders to discuss forthcoming elections in the country and human rights issues...
Helga Konrad appointed OSCE Chair's special representative against human trafficking
Publishing date: 13 May 2004
VIENNA, 13 May 2004- A leading expert on fighting human trafficking, former Austrian Minister Helga Konrad, has been appointed OSCE Special Representative on Trafficking in Human Beings by Chairman Solomon Passy. Dr. Konrad said the OSCE was very...
OSCE Centre in Tashkent trains women in advocacy work
Publishing date: 13 May 2004
TASHKENT, 13 May 2004- The second phase of an OSCE project aimed at increasing the participation of women in Uzbekistan's civil society is being launched today with a five-day workshop in the capital. The training scheme on capacity building for women...
OSCE Office in Minsk calls documentary shown by Belarusian state broadcaster "slanderous"
Publishing date: 13 May 2004
MINSK, 13 May 2004- The Head of the OSCE Office in Minsk, Ambassador Eberhard Heyken, criticized a TV documentary recently shown on Belarusian state television as an "open slander of key opposition politicians"...