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OSCE releases Annual Report on 2004 activities

Publishing date: 29 April 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Main Website, OSCE Secretariat
VIENNA, 29 April 2005- The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), the world's largest regional security arrangement, released its Annual Report 2004 today...

OSCE Special Representative calls on financial institutions to help prevent human trafficking

Publishing date: 28 April 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
PARIS, 28 April 2005- The OSCE Special Representative on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings called upon financial institutions to develop comprehensive poverty-reduction strategies to help reduce trafficking in human beings...

OSCE Special Representative appeals to CIS representatives to fight human trafficking

Publishing date: 21 April 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
VIENNA, 21 April 2005- The OSCE Special Representative on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Helga Konrad, today urged the CIS Council of Ministers of Internal Affairs to join forces in combating human trafficking. "We need the political will to...

OSCE Website re-launched

Publishing date: 13 April 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
VIENNA, 13 April 2005- It is now easier for visitors to the OSCE website to find what they are looking for among the tens of thousands of items available on the site and in the online archive. The improvements are the result of a major redesign of...

OSCE Seminar discusses environmental and health risks from industries in Ferghana valley

Publishing date: 8 April 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Environmental activities
CORTONA, ITALY, 8 April 2005- Ways of evaluating the environmental and health risks from industrial installations in the Ferghana Valley were discussed at a seminar that ended today in Cortona. The five-day event, organized by the OSCE, assessed the...

OSCE Magazine focuses on changes in Ukraine, challenges facing Slovenian Chairmanship

Publishing date: 4 April 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections, Media freedom and development
VIENNA, 4 April 2005- An insider's account of the dramatic events behind the scenes during the recent political crisis in Ukraine and an overview of the first hectic months of Slovenia's OSCE Chairmanship are the lead items in the latest OSCE Magazine...

All OSCE countries affected by child trafficking, experts say

Publishing date: 18 March 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
VIENNA, 18 March 2005- Trafficking in children is on the rise and is a matter of concern for all states throughout the OSCE region, said Helga Konrad, the OSCE's Special Representative on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, at a conference today...