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OSCE Dushanbe conference focuses on role of transport in regional economic co-operation

Publishing date: 8 November 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Economic activities
DUSHANBE, 8 November 2005- An international conference on the role of transport in boosting regional economic co-operation and security among the OSCE's 55 participating States ends today in Dushanbe.

OSCE media freedom representative reviews Kyrgyzstan's media legislation

Publishing date: 7 November 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws
VIENNA, 7 November 2005- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, has written to the Foreign Minister of Kyrgyzstan, welcoming positive signs in the legal situation of the media but outlining a number of areas of concern...

OSCE conference on trafficking for labour exploitation addresses 'modern day slavery'

Publishing date: 7 November 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
VIENNA, 7 November 2005- Stimulating co-ordinated action to deal with the complex problem of labour exploitation, and forced and bonded labour is the aim of a two-day conference hosted by the office of the OSCE Special Representative on Combating...

Elections in Azerbaijan did not meet international standards despite some improvements

Publishing date: 7 November 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Elections
BAKU, 7 November 2005- The 6 November parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan did not meet a number of OSCE commitments and Council of Europe standards for democratic elections, concluded the International Election Observation Mission in a preliminary...

Almaty roundtable to discuss Kazakhstani legal concept on combating money laundering and financing of terrorism

Publishing date: 7 November 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Countering terrorism
ALMATY, 7 November 2005- The creation of a legal framework to combat money laundering and financing of terrorism in Kazakhstan will be the focus of an OSCE roundtable on 10 November in Almaty...

OSCE Centre supports anti-corruption training course in Kyrgyzstan

Publishing date: 7 November 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
ISSYK-KUL, Kyrgyzstan, 7 November 2005- More than 40 participants representing central and local authorities, civil society and businessmen are taking part in a training course on anti-corruption education that began today in Issyk-Kul in...

OSCE Centre opens munitions disposal training centre and demolition ground in Tajikistan

Publishing date: 4 November 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
DUSHANBE, 4 November 2005- A training centre to help rid Tajikistan of surplus explosives and conventional ammunition, was officially opened today by the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe. The Explosive Ordnance Disposal Training Centre and Demolition is...