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OSCE Centre in Bishkek and Kyrgyzstan sign agreement on enhancing capacity of customs training centre
Publishing date: 15 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Border management
BISHKEK, 15 June 2009- The Kyrgyz State Customs Committee (SCC) signed an agreement with the OSCE Centre in Bishkek today, launching a project to enhance the capacity of its training centre...
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, speaking at OSCE, draws attention to security and stability
Publishing date: 4 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
What we do: Border management, Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 4 June 2008- The international community should find healthy compromises to keep military monitoring officers, stabilize the situation and help sides develop a respectful dialogue, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin said today.
OSCE launches Border Management College in Dushanbe
Publishing date: 27 May 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management, Conflict prevention and resolution, Education
DUSHANBE, 27 May 2009- The OSCE Border Management Staff College, which will help train border security managers and promote co-operation between OSCE States and Partner countries, was launched in Dushanbe today...
OSCE Chairperson urges renewed commitment to peaceful resolution on 15th anniversary of Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire
Publishing date: 12 May 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Arms control, Border management, Conflict prevention and resolution
ATHENS, 11 May 2009- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis, expressed hope today that the parties to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict would make further progress towards a peaceful settlement...
OSCE Mission to Skopje donates training equipment to border police
Publishing date: 14 April 2009
SKOPJE, 14 April 2009- The OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje donated equipment to the Interior Ministry's Sector for Border Affairs and Migration today to support first aid training for border police officers...
OSCE releases Annual Report on a "challenging" 2008
Publishing date: 1 April 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
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
VIENNA, 1 April 2009- The OSCE, the world's largest regional security organization, released its 2008 Annual Report today....
OSCE Office conducts border management workshop for Azerbaijani and Turkish officers
Publishing date: 1 April 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Border management
BAKU, 1 April 2009- A two-day workshop for Azerbaijani and Turkish border guards and custom officers organized by the OSCE Office in Baku started today...