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OSCE, UNHCR train Afghan, Tajik law enforcement agencies on refugee and asylum seeker issues
Publishing date: 16 May 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Human rights, Migration, Policing
DUSHANBE, 16 May 2014 – Twenty-six officers from Afghan and Tajik law enforcement agencies completed a training course today in Dushanbe organized by the OSCE and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on refugees and asylum seekers issues...
Afghan Border Police Officers complete OSCE Patrol Leadership Course
Publishing date: 16 May 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Border management
DUSHANBE, 16 May 2014 – Twenty officers from the Afghan Border Police completed today a five-week training course on patrolling and leadership organized by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan...
OSCE assists flood affected areas in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 16 May 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSCE Secretary General
VIENNA, 16 May 2014- OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier authorized a 30.000 euro donation today from the Organisation's Charity Fund for immediate help to the most affected in response to severe flooding across Bosnia and Herzegovina...
Latest from the Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine- based on information received until 18:00 hrs, 15 May (Kyiv time)
Publishing date: 16 May 2014
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
In Donetsk and Luhansk the situation remained volatile. Other parts of Ukraine remained calm...
OSCE/ODIHR workshop facilitates exchange of good practices on gender-sensitive labour migration policies in Baltic States
Publishing date: 16 May 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
Good practices in applying a gender-sensitive approach to the development of labour migration policies were the focus of a regional workshop organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Riga on 15 and 16 May 2014.
Ukrainian election key to national progress, says OSCE PA delegation in Lviv
Publishing date: 16 May 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
LVIV, 16 May 2014 – In the latest in a series of high-level visits to Ukraine ahead of the presidential election later this month, senior members of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly today emphasized the importance of holding a fair vote in line with OSCE election-related commitments.
Communiqué by OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media on ruling of the European Union Court of Justice
Publishing date: 16 May 2014
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
The ‘right to be forgotten’ and its possible implications for investigative journalism and media freedom.