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Fighting illicit drug supply to young people focus of OSCE conference in Vienna
Publishing date: 18 October 2012
VIENNA, 18 October 2012- Cutting the supply of illicit drugs to young people is the focus of an OSCE-organized conference which started in Vienna today...
OSCE High Commissioner discusses national minority issues in Hungary and Slovakia
Publishing date: 17 October 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: National minority issues
The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Knut Vollebaek visited Hungary and Slovakia from 8 to 11 October 2012 to discuss bilateral issues between the two countries related to national minority matters, including citizenship...
Greater awareness key to human trafficking prevention, says OSCE Mission in Kosovo
Publishing date: 17 October 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 17 October 2012 – On the occasion of European Anti-Trafficking Day, today representatives of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo called for greater awareness of the threat of human trafficking. The appeal was made during a presentation of selected poems and essays written by high school students from different Kosovo communities on this topic...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports conflict prevention and mediation in schools
Publishing date: 17 October 2012
SKOPJE, 17 October 2012 – Exchanging best practices and experience in conflict resolution and mediation in schools is the aim of an OSCE-supported regional conference that started in Ohrid today...
OSCE launches data collection handbook to help fight money laundering and terrorism financing
Publishing date: 16 October 2012
Guidelines developed by the OSCE on improving data collection to help combat money laundering and terrorism financing were launched in Vienna on 16 October 2012...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo help municipal officials develop returns and repatriation databases
Publishing date: 16 October 2012
A series of two training workshops on systematic data collection and development of databases on returnees and repatriated persons for 19 municipal officers for communities and returns from Gjilan/Gnjilane region concluded on 12 October 2012 in Gjilan/Gnjilane.
OSCE states review implementation of economic and environmental commitments
Publishing date: 16 October 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
VIENNA, 16 October 2012 – Representatives of the 56 OSCE participating States met today in Vienna to discuss the implementation of their commitments on economic and environmental issues...