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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
International workshop on the role of psychological support services in border agencies held in Minsk
Publishing date: 14 September 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
MINSK, 14 September 2010- An international workshop supported by the OSCE Office in Minsk on the role of psychological services in border security and management and other law enforcement agencies will take place in Minsk today...
OSCE energy security meeting opens in Vilnius with call for new approaches for co-operation
Publishing date: 13 September 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities, Good governance
VILNIUS, 13 September 2010- An expert meeting on energy security challenges in the OSCE area and developing the Organization's role as a platform to promote co-operation started in Vilnius 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...
OSCE Centre supports seminars for prison wardens to prevent religious extremism and radicalization in Kyrgyzstan's prisons
Publishing date: 13 September 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Policing, Rule of law
BISHKEK, 13 September 2010- A series of OSCE-supported training seminars for 154 prison officers in Moldovanovka, Belovodskoe, Karakol and Bishkek focusing on preventing extremism and radicalization in prisons started today...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports international customs standards in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 13 September 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Border management, Education
BISHKEK, 13 September 2010- A four-week training course for 38 newly recruited customs officers in Kyrgyzstan, organized by the State Customs Service of Kyrgyzstan and the OSCE Centre's Customs Training Development Project, started in Bishkek today...