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OSCE Chairmanship calls for new ways to combat security threats

Publishing date: 20 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Countering terrorism
LISBON, 20 November 2010- President Nazarbayev at the NATO meeting on Afghanistan, stressed that to combat modern security challenges there needs to be a move from solely using military and police methods to eliminating the sources of these challenges...

Methods to identify trafficking victims focus of OSCE-organized expert discussion in Vienna

Publishing date: 19 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Policing
VIENNA, 19 November 2010- Experts in anti-trafficking discussed today how to help police officers identify human trafficking victims. The conclusions from the OSCE-organized meeting will be included in a guide that will be distributed to police...

OSCE Centre helps strengthen gender sensitivity in southwestern Kyrgyzstan

Publishing date: 19 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Human rights, Gender equality, Policing, Rule of law
JALAL-ABAD, Kyrgyzstan, 19 November 2010- Addressing gender issues such as domestic violence, bride kidnapping, polygamy and early marriage were the central theme of an OSCE-supported conference held today in Jalal-Abad...

All journalists imprisoned because of their work should be set free, OSCE media freedom representative says

Publishing date: 19 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development, Rule of law, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 19 November 2010- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic welcomed Azerbaijani authorities' release today of a second jailed Azerbaijani blogger and urged that authorities also set free a journalist...

OSCE starts clean-up of toxic rocket fuel component from third military base in Ukraine

Publishing date: 19 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Arms control, Economic activities, Environmental activities
RADEKHIV, Ukraine, 19 November- Specialists filled railway tanks with a toxic rocket fuel component that had been stored in deteriorating containers at a military base in Western Ukraine today in preparation for shipping...

OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina supports fight against prejudice and intolerance

Publishing date: 19 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization, National minority issues, Tolerance and non-discrimination
SARAJEVO, 19 November 2010- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ambassador Gary D. Robbins, today commended the institutions, organizations and citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina who have taken part in events...

Need for strong fair trial guarantees stressed at OSCE meeting on Armenia's new criminal procedure code

Publishing date: 19 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Rule of law
YEREVAN, 19 November 2010- Armenia's new criminal procedure code should include strong fair trial guarantees, officials from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights and the OSCE Office in Yerevan said today at a meeting...