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International co-operation needed to battle security threat posed by illegal drugs, say participants in OSCE meeting
Publishing date: 28 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Policing
VIENNA, 28 June 2007- International co-operation is crucial to combat the security challenges posed by illegal drug trade and abuse, a representative of the Spanish OSCE Chairmanship told an Expert Conference on the threat of illicit drugs...
OSCE joint meeting to promote fighting the threat of illicit drugs
Publishing date: 27 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Policing
VIENNA, 27 June 2007- In partnership with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the OSCE Strategic Police Matters Unit is organizing a two-day conference on "Fighting the Threat of Illicit Drugs" that will start tomorrow.
OSCE Office awards prizes to winners of painting competition with police theme
Publishing date: 21 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Policing
MINGECHEVIR, Azerbaijan, 21 June 2007- About 40 school children were awarded prizes today for their paintings on how they would like police to function in society in a competition organized by the OSCE Office in Baku.
OSCE Mission sponsors study visit of Kyrgyz police officers to Georgia
Publishing date: 13 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Policing
TBILISI, 13 June 2007- Six Kyrgyz police officers are in Georgia this week to study police-media liaison strategies. The visit was organized by the OSCE Mission to Georgia and the Georgian Interior Ministry...
OSCE seminar in Madrid to set up police gender balance network
Publishing date: 5 June 2007
MADRID, 5 June 2007- A seminar on gender balance in police management, organized by the OSCE Strategic Police Matters Unit and the Spanish Chairmanship, starts today in Madrid...
OSCE Mission awards scholarships to Serbian Interior Ministry employees
Publishing date: 5 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Education, Policing
BELGRADE, 5 June 2007- The OSCE Mission to Serbia today awarded eight employees of the Serbian Interior Ministry with scholarships for postgraduate studies in global and national security...
OSCE Mission funds first "Police Open Day" in Tbilisi
Publishing date: 30 May 2007
TBILISI, 30 May 2007- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Georgia, the Georgian Deputy Minister of the Interior and more than 200 schoolchildren will participate in Tbilisi's first police open day on Friday, 1 June.