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Belarus still has considerable way to go in meeting OSCE commitments, despite certain improvements, election observers say
Publishing date: 19 December 2010
Content type: Press release
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections
MINSK, 20 December 2010- Yesterday's presidential election showed that Belarus still has a considerable way to go in meeting its OSCE commitments, although some specific improvements were made, concluded the international observers from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA)...
Head of ODIHR election observation mission presents report at special European Parliament session on Belarus
Publishing date: 19 December 2010
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
Ambassador Geert-Hinrich Ahrens, the head of ODIHR's election observation mission for the presidential election in Belarus on 19 December 2010, presented the mission's preliminary findings during an extraordinary session of the European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee in Brussels on 12 January.
Study visit to Turkey on judicial training organized by OSCE Centre
Publishing date: 16 December 2010
ASHGABAT, 17 December 2010- Training of judges and prosecutors in Turkey has been the focus of an OSCE Centre-organized study trip to Ankara and Istanbul that concludes today...
OSCE Office prepares trainers to deliver anti-corruption courses in Tajik border academies
Publishing date: 16 December 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Economic activities, Border management, Policing, Rule of law
DUSHANBE, 17 December 2010- A one-week course on anti-corruption awareness and response measures for Tajik border and law-enforcement training academies' staff concluded today in Dushanbe...
OSCE Centre supports anti-trafficking training for border guard officials and transport police
Publishing date: 16 December 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 17 December 2010- An OSCE-supported training seminar for border guards, transport police officers and civil society representatives on the identification of human trafficking victims and inter-agency cooperation took place today with the support of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek.
OSCE supports preventing human trafficking, assisting victims in Armenia
Publishing date: 16 December 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
AGHVERAN, Armenia, 17 December 2010- A national forum on the implementation of the Armenian national referral procedure of trafficked victims organized by the Anti-Trafficking Support and Resource Unit (ATSRU) established by the OSCE office and operating within the Labour and Social Affairs Ministry of Armenia, started today in Aghveran...
Mandate of OSCE Office in Zagreb extended
Publishing date: 16 December 2010
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office in Zagreb (closed)
The mandate of the OSCE Office in Zagreb was extended by a decision of the OSCE Permanent Council on 16 December 2010.