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Regional travel documents security workshop held in Tashkent
Publishing date: 16 December 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Countering terrorism
TASHKENT, 16 December 2004- Experts from the Border Guard, Interior and Foreign Ministries of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan took part in a workshop on travel document security in the Uzbek capital on 15 and 16 Dec...
OSCE/ODIHR launches a limited election observation mission to Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 2 December 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Elections
WARSAW/TASHKENT, 2 December 2004- The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR) has deployed a limited election observation mission for the parliamentary elections in Uzbekistan on 26 December 2004. Ambassador...
Uzbek law lecturers complete OSCE-sponsored study visit to Britain
Publishing date: 22 November 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Human rights
TASHKENT, 22 November 2004- As part of its efforts to support legal education in Uzbekistan, the OSCE Centre in Tashkent organized a study trip for 12 academics from law faculties and institutes to Britain's Essex University. Deans of faculties and...
OSCE Centre, U.S. Embassy in Tashkent hold workshop on government-civil society co-operation in preventing human trafficking
Publishing date: 9 November 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
TASHKENT, 8 November 2004- Learning from international and local best practices of government-civil society co-operation in preventing human trafficking was the focus of a work-shop, organized by the OSCE Centre in Tashkent and the U.S. Embassy in...
OSCE Centre in Tashkent helps organize training for Uzbek prison staff in Poland
Publishing date: 1 November 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
TASHKENT, 1 November 2004- Senior staff of Uzbekistan's prison system today began a 10-day study visit to Poland as an important step towards implementing a comprehensive prison reform in their own country. The programme in Poland's Kalisz training...
OSCE Centres in Central Asia welcome first graduates of Central Asian Youth Network
Publishing date: 1 November 2004
Content type: Press release
TASHKENT, 1 November 2004- The five OSCE Centres in Central Asia end the first year's activities of the OSCE Central Asian Youth Network with a five-day international conference starting today in the Uzbek capital. More than 50 students from all over...
OSCE Centre holds training course for Uzbek women on rights
Publishing date: 27 October 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
TASHKENT, 27 October 2004- A training course focusing on women's rights and co-operation between NGOs working in this field is being held in the Uzbek capital. Organized by...