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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre supports public order training for voluntary citizen patrols in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 20 September 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Policing, Rule of law
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 20 September 2010- A series of one-day training courses supported by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek for 300 volunteers taking part in unarmed citizen patrols in the southern provinces of Jalal-Abad and Osh started today...
OSCE seminar discusses role of judicial training institutions
Publishing date: 17 September 2010
ASHGABAT, 17 September 2010- An OSCE-organized seminar on the provision of initial and regular in-service professional training for judges and prosecutors was held in Ashgabat today...
OSCE/ODIHR to advise on Afghan elections
Publishing date: 14 September 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections, Rule of law
WARSAW, 14 September 2010- A team of election experts sent by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) formally began its work in Kabul today...
Statement by OSCE, UN and EU Special Envoys on the situation in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 14 September 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections, Rule of law
BISHKEK, 14 September 2010- Zhanybek Karibzhanov, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office's Special Envoy; Pierre Morel, the EU Special Representative; and Miroslav Jenca, the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative, issued the following statement today:
OSCE Special Representative calls for enhanced partnership among international organizations and civil society to better tackle human trafficking
Publishing date: 13 September 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights, Rule of law
STRASBOURG, 13 September 2010- Partnership among public sector, NGOs and international organizations is vital to fight human trafficking, said the OSCE Special Representative for Combating Human Trafficking, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, today...
Belarusian police experts on community policing study tour to Hungary
Publishing date: 13 September 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Policing, Rule of law
MINSK, 13 September 2010- A group of representatives from the Belarusian Interior Ministry started a study tour in Hungary today as part of an OSCE project on enhancing interaction between the police and local communities...
OSCE trains border officials on protection of human rights
Publishing date: 13 September 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Border management, Human rights, Education, Rule of law
DUSHANBE, 13 September 2010- A five-day training on human rights and border control organized by the OSCE Border Management Staff College (BMSC) and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) started in Dushanbe today...