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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE field presences in Central Asia discuss border-related activities
Publishing date: 17 July 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Border management
BISHKEK, 17 July 2008- OSCE border-related activities and co-operation between its field presences in five Central Asian states was the focus of a two-day workshop that ended today...
OSCE hosts Central Asia legal workshop to help boost fight against organized crime
Publishing date: 9 July 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
ALMATY, 9 July 2008- International legal experts joined 68 counterparts from Central Asia, Afghanistan and Ukraine today at an OSCE-hosted workshop focusing on confiscating criminal assets, combating money laundering...
OSCE Centre supports course on border management in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 6 June 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Border management
MERKE, Kazakhstan, 6 June 2008- Passport control, countering human trafficking and new techniques used to check vehicles were among the topics at an OSCE-supported training course for Kazakh border guards that ends in Merke today...
OSCE Chairman and Tajik leaders agree on mandate for OSCE office
Publishing date: 3 June 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Democratization, Border management, Human rights, Countering terrorism
DUSHANBE, 3 June 2008- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb, met top Tajik officials today in Dushanbe, agreeing on the continued work of the OSCE in the country...
OSCE Centre in Ashgabad helps train border security officials on checkpoint and x-ray interpretation
Publishing date: 30 May 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Arms control, Economic activities, Border management, Education
ASHGABAD, 30 May 2008- How to spot prohibited items at security checks was the focus of a two-week checkpoint and x-ray interpretation instructor course that concluded today in Ashgabad...
OSCE course helps Serbian and Montenegrin border services learn to identify false documents and stolen cars
Publishing date: 29 May 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Montenegro, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Border management
BELGRADE, 29 May 2008- Spotting false documents and stolen cars was the focus of a four-day course organized jointly by the OSCE Missions to Serbia and Montenegro that ended today...
OSCE Centre helps train customs officials in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 29 April 2008
ASHGABAD, 29 April 2008- Ten officials from the Turkmenistan State Customs Service took part in a training course on processing cargo customs declarations that ended in Ashgabad this week...