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OSCE Chairman appeals for support for police assistance to Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 30 May 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Elections, Policing
VIENNA, 30 May 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office called on the Organization's 55 participating States on Monday to provide urgent funding for police assistance projects in Kyrgyzstan to help ensure stability in the run-up to presidential elections...
OSCE Skopje Mission helps improve community based policing
Publishing date: 27 April 2005
SKOPJE, 27 April 2005- Fifty officers, who underwent a special OSCE-supported course to become trainers in community policing, will receive awards at a graduating ceremony in Bitola on April 29. The event will mark the completion...
OSCE Chairman's Personal Representative presents plan to help maintain stability in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 14 April 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
VIENNA, 14 April 2005- A workplan to support stability and security in Kyrgyzstan- as it enters into a three-month presidential election campaign- has been put together with the country's authorities, the OSCE heard today. Alojz Peterle...
OSCE prepared to assist further with solving conflicts in Georgia
Publishing date: 1 April 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Border management, Human rights, Policing
TBILISI, 1 April 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office Dimitrij Rupel pledged the Organization's support to promote peaceful settlements of the Georgian-Ossetian and Georgian-Abkhaz conflicts, during talks in Tbilisi, Friday. "Peaceful resolution of...
OSCE Mission provides border police in Serbia and Montenegro with modern equipment
Publishing date: 23 March 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
BELGRADE, 23 March 2005- Technical equipment, including computers which will provide information exchange on wanted persons, stolen vehicles, lost, stolen or forged documents, was today handed over by the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro to the...
OSCE Mission and Council of Europe call on Montenegro to adopt new laws on police and national security agency
Publishing date: 21 March 2005
PODGORICA, 21 March 2005- The Podgorica Office of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro and the Council of Europe-Office in Podgorica urge the political actors in Montenegro to move faster towards consensus on the appointment of Heads of Police...
Milestone agreement initiates first phase of OSCE police assistance programme in Armenia
Publishing date: 15 March 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Policing
YEREVAN, 15 March 2005- The OSCE today launched the first phase of a Police Assistance Programme in Armenia with the signing of an agreement to refurbish the Police Training Centre. "Today marks a milestone in our endeavours within the Police...