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Uzbek and Afghan officials to attend OSCE border control training

Publishing date: 17 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Countering terrorism, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
TASHKENT, 17 October 2003- Border guards, police officers and customs officials from Uzbekistan and Afghanistan will attend a two-week OSCE training course, which will start in the Uzbek border town of Termez next week. Officials from the...

OSCE Secretariat calls for proposals for video project

Publishing date: 7 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Economic activities, Border management, Environmental activities, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections, Countering terrorism, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector, Roma and Sinti
VIENNA, 7 October 2003- The OSCE Secretariat in Vienna is requesting professional TV production companies to submit proposals for a video film, promoting the work of the Organization. In 2004, the OSCE plans to finalize a 30-minute promotional...

Joint OSCE workshop in Tashkent tackles money-laundering and the financing of terrorism

Publishing date: 6 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Countering terrorism
TASHKENT, 6 October 2003- Money laundering is a direct threat to both national and international security, therefore international co-operation is essential in combating it, experts heard during a two-day joint OSCE workshop in Tashkent, Uzbekistan...

Election workshop to take place in Minsk

Publishing date: 19 September 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Elections
MINSK, 19 September 2003- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the OSCE Office in Minsk, together with the Central Election Commission of the Republic of Belarus, will host an international workshop...

OSCE media watchdog, Council of Europe voice concern on media in Azerbaijan

Publishing date: 10 September 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media pluralism, Safety of journalists
VIENNA/STRASBOURG, 10 September 2003- Walter Schwimmer, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, and Freimut Duve, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, today made the following joint statement regarding the media situation in...

OSCE Ashgabad workshop discusses transparency in military issues

Publishing date: 4 September 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
ASHGABAD, 4 September 2003- A two-day workshop on promoting the ideas of the Confidence- and Security Building Measures (CSBM), as pioneered by the OSCE, has concluded in the Turkmen capital, Ashgabad. The workshop was aimed at promoting...

Environment and security was key issue for International Forum on Fresh Water in Dushanbe

Publishing date: 1 September 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Conflict prevention and resolution
DUSHANBE, 1 September 2003- A special session of a weekend International Forum in Tajikistan on Fresh Water has heard that a lack of institutional support and political repression could affect stability and ultimately trigger environmental conflicts...