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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to help train staff for new prison in western Georgia
Publishing date: 1 September 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Policing
TBILISI, 1 September 2005- The OSCE Mission in Georgia tomorrow begins a training course to assist the country's Ministry of Justice in establishing professional standards of penitentiary management in a new prison in Kutaisi...
OSCE Mission to Skopje promotes road safety for children
Publishing date: 31 August 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Policing
SKOPJE, 31 Aug 2005- Thirty-four traffic police officers today completed training on teaching road safety to children as part of the Children's Road Safety component of the "Road Safety for All" project.
OSCE Mission condemns murder of senior police official
Publishing date: 31 August 2005
BELGRADE, 31 August 2005-- The OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro strongly condemns the murder of the Head of the General Criminal Division of the Montenegrin police, Slavoljub Scekic, in Podgorica.
OSCE holds meeting to build confidence between police and people in Kyrgyzstan's south
Publishing date: 28 June 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Policing
JALALABAD, 28 June 2005- Building trust between law enforcement bodies and the people in southern Kyrgyzstan was the focus of a meeting today in Jalalabad, organized by the OSCE Field Office in Osh. Preventing tensions of the type which arose after...
OSCE Chairman welcomes pledges of 670,000 Euro for police assistance programme in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 16 June 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Main Website, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
VIENNA, 16 June 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, today welcomed pledges by four OSCE participating States to provide rapid support for the Organization's police assistance programme in Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE Mission trains crime scene investigators in Belgrade
Publishing date: 15 June 2005
BELGRADE, 15 June 2005- Developing a crime scene investigation policy in Serbia and quality management systems were the focus of an OSCE-facilitated workshop in Belgrade, attended by 15 representatives of the Serbian Interior and Justice ministries...
OSCE Mission presents surveys before launch of community policing in Montenegro
Publishing date: 10 June 2005
PODGORICA, 10 June 2005- Public perception of the crime rate and the role of the police were the focus of three surveys presented today by the OSCE Office in Podgorica and the Montenegrin Interior Ministry. Two surveys examined the public perception...