News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE supports meeting on Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan water sharing agreement
Publishing date: 6 October 2009
BISHKEK, 6 October 2009- OSCE officials provided support and guidance during a meeting today of government officials and experts from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan as well as representatives from other international organizations that focused on progress...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek, civil society discuss OSCE police reform programme in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 6 October 2009
BISHKEK, 6 October, 2009- Representatives of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, civil society and the Kyrgyz Interior Ministry met today to discuss the Centre's police reform programme...
OSCE Centre helps Kyrgyz police learn about democratic means to maintain public order
Publishing date: 5 October 2009
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 5 October 2009- An OSCE Centre training course that starts today in Osh aims to help police officers learn about how to maintain public order while acting in line with international standards...
OSCE Centre holds seminar in Osh to foster community-police partnerships
Publishing date: 2 October 2009
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 2 October 2009- More than 250 people took part in an OSCE-supported seminar today that aimed to inform about the principles of community policing and to foster partnerships between the police, non-governmental organizations...
OSCE, IOM train trainers on labour migration at the OSCE Academy in Bishkek
Publishing date: 29 September 2009
BISHKEK, 29 September 2009- A seminar on labour migration organized by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) started at the OSCE Academy in Bishkek today...
OSCE Centre holds seminar on human rights for police officers in Southern Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 28 September 2009
JALAL-ABAD, Kyrgyzstan, 28 September 2009- An OSCE-supported two-day seminar that aims to prevent inhuman treatment and interpersonal conflicts when people are in police custody started today in the village of Arslanbob in the Jalal-Abad province...
OSCE Centre trains members of local councils in Kyrgyzstan's southern provinces
Publishing date: 25 September 2009
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 25 September 2009- A training course on principles of local self-government and communication strategies for members of district and town councils from the Osh and Jalal-Abad provinces started in Osh today...