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OSCE Centre helps document environmental challenges of Kyrgyzstan's Karasuu district
Publishing date: 28 May 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
OSH, 28 May 2008- Karasuu district in southern Kyrgyzstan published its 'Environmental Passport' today with the financial support of the OSCE Centre's Field Office in Osh...
OSCE rights body, ICTY launch capacity-building project in former Yugoslavia
Publishing date: 28 May 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Rule of law
VIENNA, 28 May 2008- The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights signed an agreement today on support for national justice authorities in the former Yugoslavia...
OSCE Centre, Kyrgyz Interior Ministry hold conference on crime prevention
Publishing date: 28 May 2008
BISHKEK, 28 May 2008- Crime prevention, modern investigation techniques and forensic analysis practices are on the agenda of a conference that opened in Bishkek today...
Harmonizing responses to small arms threat focus of Brussels conference
Publishing date: 28 May 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Forum for Security Co-operation
BRUSSELS, 28 May 2008- Experts from regional, international and non-governmental organizations gathered today in Brussels for a conference co-sponsored by the OSCE to discuss the global threat posed by Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)...
Kyrgyzstan, OSCE Centre promote participation of young people in country's development
Publishing date: 27 May 2008
BISHKEK, 27 May 2008- Engaging young people in Kyrgyzstan's development processes and capacity-building in strategic development management methods are the aim of a memorandum of understanding signed by the OSCE Centre and the Presidential...
OSCE launches reports to promote better protection of trafficking victims
Publishing date: 26 May 2008
Content type: Press release
VIENNA, 26 May 2008- The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today launched a report promoting the payment of compensation to victims of human trafficking...
Countries share responsibility to protect children from trafficking and exploitation, says OSCE official at Vienna conference
Publishing date: 26 May 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
VIENNA, 26 May 2008- The need to provide local authorities with the tools and resources to strengthen child protection services, and for countries of origin and destination to share this responsibility, is the focus of a conference in Vienna today...