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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Border security and management focus of OSCE Vienna meeting
Publishing date: 1 December 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management, Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 1 December 2006- Ways to assist OSCE participating States in addressing the threats and challenges facing their borders were discussed at a meeting in Vienna on 29 and 30 November. Hosted by the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre's Borders Team...
OSCE seminar in Moscow focuses on harmonization of customs and border procedures
Publishing date: 18 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Border management
MOSCOW, 18 October 2006- Border, customs, transport and trade officials from Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia identified measures that would harmonize customs and border procedures during a two-day OSCE seminar that ended in Moscow today...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports regional cross border co-operation between national and Albanian border police
Publishing date: 14 September 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Border management, Policing
SKOPJE, 14 September 2006- Strengthening co-operation between national border police and senior border police officers from northern Albania was the focus of an OSCE-supported workshop that ended today in Struga...
OSCE Mission launches capacity-building training for high-ranking Georgian Border Police
Publishing date: 4 September 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Border management, Education
TBILISI, 4 September 2006- An OSCE training programme to help make Georgia's border management more effective by improving the operational planning and rapid reaction capacity of the Georgian Border Police began today...
OSCE experts assess Tajikistan's border security and management needs
Publishing date: 1 August 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management, Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 1 August 2006- Experts from the OSCE's Conflict Prevention Centre (CPC) today completed a visit to Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan to assess how the Organization can assist Tajikistan in improving its border security and management...
OSCE Magazine devotes special coverage to border security and management
Publishing date: 20 July 2006
VIENNA, 20 July 2006- The OSCE's accelerated push to assist countries in their efforts to manage their borders and keep them safe and secure from today's new threats is the focus of the July issue of the OSCE Magazine. "The challenge is...
OSCE Chairman discusses Transdniestria and post-election developments during visit to Ukraine
Publishing date: 2 June 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
KYIV, 2 June 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, encouraged the Ukrainian authorities today to remain actively engaged in the Transdniestrian settlement negotiations...