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OSCE Centre in Ashgabad supports training on use of X-ray detection systems

Publishing date: 28 September 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Border management
ASHGABAD, 28 September 2007- Border security officials were trained to use x-ray detection systems and metal detectors as well as conduct physical searches at courses organized by the OSCE Centre which concluded today...

Employment of minorities in public service enhances public confidence in State institutions, OSCE Mission Head says

Publishing date: 27 September 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: National minority issues
ZAGREB, 27 September 2007- Minority employment in the judiciary was the focus of a meeting organized by the OSCE Mission to Croatia and the Justice Ministry today...

OSCE event in Albania encourages law enforcement co-operation in fight against trafficking and organized crime

Publishing date: 27 September 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Policing
TIRANA, 27 September 2007- The OSCE Spanish Chairmanship and the OSCE's Strategic Police Matters Unit (SPMU) is holding a discussion forum this week in Albania on the challenges in the fight against transnational organized crime and human trafficking...

Decentralization process mostly perceived as positive, new OSCE Mission to Skopje survey finds

Publishing date: 26 September 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Economic activities, National minority issues, Rule of law
SKOPJE, 26 September 2007- Some 85 percent of municipalities positively assess the decentralization process that began in 2005, according to a new OSCE Mission to Skopje survey released today...

Warsaw conference calls on OSCE countries to uphold human rights principles

Publishing date: 25 September 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
WARSAW, 25 September 2007- OSCE countries should embrace open dialogue to identify the human rights shortcomings and challenges facing the region, said the head of OSCE's human rights watchdog at the start of Europe's largest human rights conference...

OSCE Mission supports Moldova to improve safe storage of stockpile ammunition, small arms

Publishing date: 24 September 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Conflict prevention and resolution
CHISINAU, 24 September 2007- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova today called on the Moldovan authorities to improve storage conditions for stockpile ammunition and said the OSCE is ready to help...

OSCE Mission to Skopje raises awareness on environmental issues among schoolchildren

Publishing date: 24 September 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Environmental activities
SKOPJE, 24 September 2007- Raising environmental awareness among schoolchildren of different ethnic backgrounds is the aim of an OSCE-supported project launched today in Skopje...