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OSCE Chairperson supports counter-drugs training course for Afghan police officers
Publishing date: 10 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 10 November 2010- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan's Foreign Minister and Secretary of State Kanat Saudabayev, stressed the importance of tackling drug problems and security issues in Afghanistan...
OSCE event participants say Paris Charter for New Europe relevant after 20 years, important for security community creation
Publishing date: 28 October 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Arms control, Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Economic activities, Border management, Environmental activities, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Education, Elections, Countering terrorism, Gender equality, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector, Roma and Sinti, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
PARIS, 28 October 2010- Participants in a high-level event marking the 20th anniversary of the Charter of Paris for a New Europe today stressed the importance of the document for the future of Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian security.
Organization of American States Secretary General stresses need for strengthened regional co-operation in address to OSCE Permanent Council
Publishing date: 27 October 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Partnerships, Permanent Council
VIENNA, 28 October 2010- Jose Miguel Insulza, the Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), in his address to the OSCE Permanent Council today stressed the importance of strengthened co-operation in addressing security challenges...
OSCE-supported human trafficking awareness course to strengthen law enforcement capacities
Publishing date: 20 October 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
TASHKENT, 20 October 2010- Building the capacity of national law enforcement personnel to tackle human trafficking is the focus of a three-day OSCE-supported workshop that opened in Tashkent today...
OSCE Border Management Staff College strengthens Customs Administration of Afghanistan
Publishing date: 18 October 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Border management
DUSHANBE, 18 October 2010- First course on risk analysis for officers from the Afghanistan and Tajikistan Customs Administrations from different regions of Afghanistan begins today at the OSCE Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe...
OSCE trains Afghan border police on detecting forged documents
Publishing date: 27 September 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
DUSHANBE, 27 September 2010- A two-week training course for 20 Afghan border police officials to increase operational awareness to detect forged documents and use Interpol databases started today at the OSCE Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe...
OSCE Border Management Staff College launches training programme to strengthen Afghanistan's customs administration
Publishing date: 21 September 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Border management, Conflict prevention and resolution, Education
DUSHANBE, 21 September 2010- An OSCE- Austrian Customs organized training programme that aims to strengthen Afghanistan's customs administration was launched today...