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OSCE Chairman calls on Uzbekistan to make domestic reforms and strengthen civil society
Publishing date: 2 April 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
TASHKENT, 1 April 2006- On the final stop of his visit to Central Asia to strengthen its relations with the OSCE, the Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, met top officials and civil society representatives in Uzbekistan...
OSCE Belgrade Mission hosts meeting on institutional response to terrorism
Publishing date: 29 March 2006
BELGRADE, 29 March 2006- Ways institutions can respond to terrorism is the focus of a meeting of representatives of security sector institutions which began today in Vrsac. Participants of the two-day event...
OSCE Chairman urges Kyrgyz authorities to prioritize fight against human trafficking and money laundering
Publishing date: 29 March 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
BISHKEK, 29 March 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, has urged Kyrgyzstan's authorities to make the fight against human trafficking and money laundering a top priority...
OSCE Centre organizes trip for Kazakhstani officals to learn about combating money-laundering, financing of terrorism
Publishing date: 29 March 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Countering terrorism
ALMATY, 29 March 2006- A group of Kazakh Members of Parliament and representatives of the General Prosecutors Office and the NGO Forum of Entrepreneurs, visited Latvia and Russia to learn about ways to fight money-laundering and financing of terrorism...
OSCE clarifies news agency stories on visit to Guantanamo
Publishing date: 9 March 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Human rights, Countering terrorism
VIENNA, 9 March 2006- An OSCE Spokesperson responded today to several misleading news agency stories about the visit of a delegation from the Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE to the detention centre at the US naval base of Guantanamo. The stories...
OSCE Centre co-organizes Canada study trip for Kyrgyz officials to learn about fighting money-laundering
Publishing date: 6 March 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Countering terrorism
BISHKEK, 6 March 2006- Ways of fighting money-laundering and the financing of terrorism is the focus of a study trip to Ottawa by a group of Kyrgyz Members of Parliament and representatives of the country's Financial Intelligence Service and the...
OSCE Yerevan Office launches publication on combating money laundering and financing of terrorism
Publishing date: 14 February 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Countering terrorism
YEREVAN, 14 February 2006- An OSCE-supported publication containing international guidelines and documents on combating money laundering and the financing of terrorism was presented yesterday to government officials and the public...