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Environment information resource centre opens in Tajikistan with OSCE support

Publishing date: 23 September 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
DUSHANBE, 23 September- The Aarhus Resource Centre was officially opened in Dushanbe today, as the next step in an ongoing co-operation process between the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe and the Tajik Ministry of Nature Protection over the implementation...

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...

Water as a security issue- OSCE Secretary General encourages co-operation in message to Tajikistan forum

Publishing date: 29 August 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
DUSHANBE, 29 August 2003- OSCE participant States are maintaining a close watch on the potential for insecurity posed by competition over water resources, the Secretary General of the OSCE will inform an international conference in Tajikistan...

OSCE-UN workshop in Dushanbe discusses environmental security

Publishing date: 18 August 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
DUSHANBE, 18 August 2003- Security-related environmental risks in Central Asia and the main difficulties in addressing them were the focus of a workshop held in the Tajik capital, Dushanbe. Organized by the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe, the UN...

OSCE event discusses role of NGOs in reforming Tajik prison system

Publishing date: 30 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
DUSHANBE, 30 July 2003- The important role NGOs could play in the development of prison reform in Tajikistan was the focus of an OSCE roundtable held today in the capital, Dushanbe. Main objective of the event was to raise the awareness of

OSCE minorities commissioner welcomes Tajikistan's willingness to promote inter-ethnic relations

Publishing date: 24 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues
DUSHANBE, 24 July 2003- The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Rolf Ekeus, discussed the situation of national minorities, including issues related to education, language use and political participation, on a three-day visit to...

OSCE Chairman-in-Office says continued dialogue needed in Central Asia

Publishing date: 17 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Border management, Human rights, Countering terrorism, Media freedom and development
THE HAGUE, 17 July 2003- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Netherlands Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, returned from a five-day visit to Central Asia convinced that there is no alternative to continued dialogue with the Central Asian...