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Public opinion of police work in Osh more positive, OSCE Centre-supported survey finds
Publishing date: 17 March 2009
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 17 March 2009- The OSCE Centre in Bishkek and the Kyrgyz Interior Ministry presented today the results of a poll on community-police relations in Osh, which found that residents positively evaluated the work of the police...
OSCE Strategic Police Matters Unit, Office in Tajikistan discuss co-operation with Tajik Interior Ministry and Drug Control Agency
Publishing date: 12 March 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Border management, Policing
DUSHANBE, 12 March 2009- OSCE Senior Police Adviser Kevin Carty met Tajik Interior Minister Abdurrahim Khaharov today to discuss OSCE assistance on police reform and co-operation on counter-narcotics training for the Afghan police...
Safety teams started by the OSCE Mission help find local solutions to community problems in Kosovo, finds report
Publishing date: 6 March 2009
Prishtine/Pristina, 6 March 20009- Community policing initiatives initiated by the OSCE Mission to Kosovo have helped to increase public safety in Kosovo municipalities, says an OSCE report issued today...
OSCE Centre holds course for prison staff in Kyrgyzstan on international standards and human rights
Publishing date: 27 February 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Policing
BISHKEK, 27 February 2009- Employees of the Kyrgyz penitentiary system have learned about international prison standards and human rights during a three-week OSCE-supported course that ended with a closing ceremony today.
OSCE Office and Azerbaijani Interior Ministry expand community policing project
Publishing date: 24 February 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Policing
BAKU, 24 February 2009- Police experts from the OSCE Office in Baku began giving a series of presentations on community policing today as part of a project to support the Azerbaijani Interior Ministry's expansion of such policing in Azerbaijan...
Serbia's citizens expect police to continue reforms, survey commissioned by OSCE Mission and Interior Ministry shows
Publishing date: 20 February 2009
BELGRADE, 20 February 2009- Serbia's citizens perceive that the work of the police has developed positively and they expect reforms to continue, according to a new survey presented today by the OSCE Mission to Serbia and the Interior Ministry...
Greek Chairmanship priorities, dialogue on European security featured in OSCE Magazine
Publishing date: 18 February 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, 18 February 2009- The latest OSCE Magazine, now available online, highlights the Greek OSCE Chairmanship's challenging start to the year and the results of the 16th Ministerial Council in Helsinki...