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OSCE Mission to Georgia awards ethnic Armenian students after exchange programme
Publishing date: 12 December 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: National minority issues
TBILISI, 12 December 2008- Sixteen ethnic Armenian students from the Javakheti region of Georgia received certificates today on completion of a student exchange programme organized by OSCE Mission, the Education Ministry and the Union of Youth Centres...
OSCE Centre supports forensic training course for Kyrgyz police
Publishing date: 12 December 2008
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 12 December 2008- Identifying the profile of a person through examining his handwriting was the aim of training course that ended in Osh today...
OSCE Centre helps Kyrgyz police improve fingerprint database
Publishing date: 12 December 2008
BISHKEK, 12 December 2008- An automated fingerprint identification system will be introduced by the Interior Ministry as part of the Kyrgyz Police Programme to improve crime investigation capacity...
OSCE Mission to Skopje hosts regional meeting on parliaments and public audit institutions
Publishing date: 12 December 2008
SKOPJE, 12 December 2008- Sharing best practices and experiences on the oversight of government spending through co-operation between parliaments and audit institutions is the aim of a regional meeting that starts in Skopje today...
OSCE Office in Zagreb presents activities report
Publishing date: 12 December 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Zagreb (closed)
ZAGREB, 12 December 2008- The Head of the OSCE Office in Zagreb, Ambassador Jorge Fuentes, presented a report today on the activities of his Office which focuses on war crimes accountability and access to housing for...
OSCE Office in Tajikistan holds courses on safe handling of ammunition
Publishing date: 12 December 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Arms control
DUSHANBE, 12 December 2008- The safe handling, carrying and storage of ammunition were the focus of a course for officers and personnel from Tajik ministries that ended in Dushanbe today...
OSCE meeting focuses on monitoring and reporting on women's rights in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 11 December 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Gender equality
ALMATY, 11 December 2008- Ways to improve monitoring and reporting on the rights of women in Kazakhstan are the focus of an OSCE roundtable discussion which began in Almaty today...