News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Office holds Preparatory Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Dushanbe
Publishing date: 21 July 2011
DUSHANBE, 21 July 2011- The fifth annual OSCE Preparatory Human Dimension Implementation Meeting during which government and civil society representatives will discuss human rights issues began in Dushanbe today...
Students at OSCE workshop propose ways to increase participation of young people in political life in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 20 July 2011
VARZOB, Tajikistan, 20 July 2011- Some 60 university students from across Tajikistan presented recommendations on how to increase the participation of young women and men in public and political life today at the conclusion of a five-day workshop organized by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan on "Youth, Gender and Democratic Standards for Elections”...
OSCE Border Management Staff College partners with Interpol in fight against terrorism
Publishing date: 29 June 2011
The OSCE Border Management Staff College (BMSC) hosted the sixth meeting of the Operational Working Group of the Interpol-led project KALKAN in Dushanbe from 28 to 29 June 2011...
OSCE-hosted roundtable meeting in northern Tajikistan marks anniversary of peace accord
Publishing date: 21 June 2011
The OSCE Office in Tajikistan's Khujand Field Office, the Sughd regional authorities and the Civil Society Centre held a roundtable meeting on 21 June 2011 to mark 14th anniversary of the Peace Agreement in Tajikistan...
OSCE organizes discussions on investment in hydropower in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 25 May 2011
More than 40 officials and experts on water energy discussed on 24 May better utilization of hydropower as a step forward in economic development during a seminar in Dushanbe supported by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan and the Tajik-Norwegian Small-scale Hydro Power Initiative (SHP)...
OSCE Office supports training for penitentiary officials in Tajikistan on rights of persons deprived of liberty
Publishing date: 24 May 2011
KHUJAND, Tajikistan, 24 May 2011- A two-day OSCE-supported training seminar on international and domestic mechanisms for the protection and observation of the rights of persons deprived of liberty started today in Khujand in northern Tajikistan...
More women needed in politics in Tajikistan, say participants in OSCE meeting in Warsaw
Publishing date: 20 May 2011
Female representatives from all registered political parties in Tajikistan who took part in the Human Dimension Seminar held by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights on 18-20 May 2011 in Warsaw, issued a joint statement outlining a strategy for boosting women's participation in politics in their country.