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Need to confiscate proceeds of trafficking crimes, unconditional assistance to victims, parts of forward-looking update to Action Plan to combat human trafficking
Publishing date: 19 December 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
VIENNA, 19 December 2013 – OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, highlighted key aspects of the Addendum to the OSCE Action Plan to Combat Trafficking in Human Beings in her address today to the Permanent Council.
OSCE boosts travel document security in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 19 December 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Border management
BISHKEK, 19 December 2013 – A renovated training room, computer equipment and study materials to be used in delivering courses on identifying forged travel documents were presented by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek to the State Border Service of Kyrgyzstan today. The ceremony marked the completion of a capacity-building course on travel document security.
OSCE supports advanced course on security policy for BiH government officials
Publishing date: 19 December 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
A two-day advanced training course on security policy for officials from ministries and other public institutions, co-organized by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina concluded on 12 December 2013 in Zenica in the central part of the country...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes UN General Assembly’s resolution on safety of journalists
Publishing date: 19 December 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 19 December 2013 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today welcomed the UN General Assembly’s adoption of its first resolution on safety of journalists and the issue of impunity.
Positive work in Geneva Discussions must be replicated in future, says outgoing OSCE Special Representative for Conflicts Andrii Deshchytsia
Publishing date: 18 December 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
GENEVA, 18 December 2013- The Ukrainian OSCE Chair's Special Representative for Conflicts Ambassador Andrii Deshchytsia has concluded his last meeting of the Geneva International Discussions with a call to maintain the dynamics towards positive solutions...
OSCE Parliamentary leaders disturbed by arrest of Azerbaijani election monitor
Publishing date: 18 December 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
COPENHAGEN, 18 December 2013 – Leading OSCE Parliamentarians today expressed concern over the arrest and detention of Anar Mammadli, the chair of Azerbaijan's Election Monitoring and Democracy Studies Centre (EMDSC).
'Winnie-the-Pooh' play staged with OSCE support for children from both banks of Dniester/Nistru
Publishing date: 18 December 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Youth