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OSCE/ODIHR Director highlights tangible results of grants programme during visit to Roma settlement in Kosovo

Publishing date: 5 September 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Roma and Sinti
BRNJEŠ/BËRNJESH, 5 September 2013 – Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), visited a Roma settlement in Gračanica/Graçanicë in central Kosovo today, to meet with municipal and Roma community representatives and discuss efforts to promote Roma integration and improve access to public services...

Religion must not be used to justify violence, say OSCE Chairmanship Representatives to Central Asian Youth Network seminar in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 5 September 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Youth, Tolerance and non-discrimination
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 5 September 2013 – Personal Representatives of the OSCE Ukrainian Chairmanship on Tolerance and Non-discrimination addressed participants of the OSCE-supported Central Asian Youth Network (CAYN) seminar that concludes today in Almaty...

OSCE Academy in Bishkek supports academic discussion on regional security in Central Asia

Publishing date: 5 September 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Some 25 leading experts, governmental officials and representatives of the diplomatic community in Bishkek took part in the annual seminar on regional security in Central Asia, hosted and organized by the OSCE Academy in Bishkek, from 6 to 7 September 2013...

Toxic rocket fuel component fully removed from Eastern Ukraine with OSCE support

Publishing date: 4 September 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Forum for Security Co-operation
What we do: Arms control, Environmental activities
SHEVCHENKOVE, Ukraine, 4 September 2013 – Seven-hundred and sixty tonnes of mélange, a highly toxic Soviet-era rocket fuel component, were shipped today from Ukraine to Russia to be processed into chemical products for civilian use, under an OSCE-supported project...

Vienna International Airport customs experts train Afghan and Tajik officers at OSCE Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe

Publishing date: 4 September 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Border management
DUSHANBE, 4 September 2013 – A graduation ceremony of a training course on investigation and risk management techniques in customs procedures took place at the OSCE Border Management Staff College today...

OSCE brings together Central Asian students in Kazakhstan to discuss regional security

Publishing date: 4 September 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Youth
Countering violent extremism, promoting tolerance, improving regional security, and understanding migration trends and political ideologies are the topics of this year’s OSCE-supported Central Asian Youth Network (CAYN) meeting in Almaty held from 3 to 5 September 2013...

‘Snow Leopards’ in Kyrgyzstan receive support from OSCE

Publishing date: 4 September 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Border management
On 4 September 2013 the OSCE Centre in Bishkek provided Kyrgyzstan’s Defence Ministry with an obstacle course for training anti-terrorism unit officers and donated equipment for mountain patrolling in Osh, Southern Kyrgyzstan...