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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE field presences in Central Asia discuss border-related activities
Publishing date: 17 July 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Border management
BISHKEK, 17 July 2008- OSCE border-related activities and co-operation between its field presences in five Central Asian states was the focus of a two-day workshop that ended today...
OSCE hosts Central Asia legal workshop to help boost fight against organized crime
Publishing date: 9 July 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
ALMATY, 9 July 2008- International legal experts joined 68 counterparts from Central Asia, Afghanistan and Ukraine today at an OSCE-hosted workshop focusing on confiscating criminal assets, combating money laundering...
Central Asia key to stability across OSCE area, Chairman says
Publishing date: 2 July 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Astana
ASTANA, 2 July 2008- Central Asia plays a key role in the OSCE, as a region facing challenges and in the Organization's plans to intensify engagement with Afghanistan, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb said today...
OSCE Centre trains Kazakh state officials to combat corruption
Publishing date: 27 June 2008
ASTANA, 27 June 2008- Kazakhstan's financial police learned about international best practices and methods for investigating corruption cases at a three-day training course that ended today in Astana...
OSCE Centre promotes democratic principles in police activities in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 24 June 2008
ASTANA, 24 June 2008- Interaction with civil society and promotion of democratic principles in Kazakhstan's law enforcement were the focus of an OSCE conference today in Astana...
OSCE Centre helps organize exhibition in Astana on activities of the Organization
Publishing date: 18 June 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
ASTANA, 18 June 2008- Raising public awareness on OSCE activities in the context of the 2010 Kazakhstan OSCE Chairmanship is the aim of an exhibition that opened in Astana today...
OSCE Centre promotes implementation of the Aarhus convention in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 17 June 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities, Human rights
ASTANA, 17 June 2008- Ensuring public participation in addressing environmental issues and enforcement of respective international conventions and national legislation was the topic of a two-day international conference that concluded today in Astana...