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OSCE Chairman-in-Office to visit Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 14 February 2005
Content type: Press release
LJUBLJANA, 14 February 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office Dimitrij Rupel will this week visit the Central Asian states of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. In the Kazakh capital Astana tomorrow morning, he will meet President Nursultan Nazarbazev, Foreign...
Seminar on human rights education to take place in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 9 February 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Human rights, Youth
ALMATY, 9 February 2005- A seminar for school teachers on human rights education, organized by the OSCE Centre in Almaty, will be held in the city on 11 February. The seminar will be based on two Kazakh-language human rights manuals...
OSCE Almaty seminar focuses on migration management
Publishing date: 24 January 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
ALMATY, 24 January 2005- An international seminar on the economic, environmental, security and humanitarian aspects of migration among the OSCE's 55 participating States opened in Almaty today. More than 200 representatives from NGOs, academics...
OSCE Almaty Centre promotes equal opportunities for women in Kazakhstani politics
Publishing date: 21 December 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
ALMATY, 21 December 2004- With support from the OSCE Centre, women's NGOs of Kazakhstan are developing a strategy for working towards equal opportunities for women and men in politics. Barriers which hinder women's full and active participation in the...
OSCE trains Kazakhstan's police on human rights
Publishing date: 20 December 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
ALMATY, 20 December 2004- Human rights and democratic policing was the theme of a three-day training programme held by the OSCE in Kazakhstan's capital, Astana, last week. Developing skills to assist citizens in a professional manner, in line with...
OSCE Centre helps organize forum in Astana to discuss extremism
Publishing date: 13 December 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
ALMATY, 13 December 2004- In order to broaden the discussion on extremism in Kazakhstan, the OSCE Centre in Almaty will organize a public forum on the theme on 15 December in Astana. The event, jointly...
Rights of illegal migrants in Central Asia discussed at OSCE Centre event
Publishing date: 1 December 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
ALMATY, 1 December 2004- The rights of migrant workers in Central Asia were the focus of a meeting on Monday in Shymkent, South Kazakhstan which brought together representatives of NGOs and international organizations from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and...