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OSCE, UNDP train Afghan border police, customs officials on border management
Publishing date: 5 June 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Border management
DUSHANBE, 5 June 2012 – Twenty-four officers from the Afghan Border Police successfully completed a two-week intensive training course on border management today...
OSCE Office supports human rights awards in Armenia
Publishing date: 4 June 2012
YEREVAN, 4 June 2012 – Individuals working to promote human rights, accountable governance and free speech in Armenia were acknowledged today at a ceremony hosted by the US Embassy and co-organized by the OSCE Office in Yerevan, the EU Delegation to Armenia, the British Embassy in Armenia and Counterpart International...
OSCE media representative welcomes release of Azerbaijani social media activist, hopes all imprisoned journalists will be liberated soon
Publishing date: 4 June 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 4 June 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, welcomed today the early release from prison of social media activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev, adding that she hoped all imprisoned journalists would also be set free soon.
Fifth staff course for senior border officials from 12 states starts at OSCE Border Management Staff College
Publishing date: 4 June 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Border management
DUSHANBE, 4 June 2012 – Twenty-five senior border officials from OSCE participating States and Partner for Co-operation countries started a one-month course on border security and management at the OSCE Border Management Staff College (BMSC) today...
OSCE removes toxic rocket fuel component in Ukraine ahead of European football championship
Publishing date: 1 June 2012
Content type: Press release
What we do: Arms control
SHEVCHENKOVE, Ukraine, 1 June 2012- The third shipment of 715 tonnes of a toxic rocket fuel component, stored in deteriorating containers in eastern Ukraine, was safely loaded onto 14 railways tanks for disposal today as part of an OSCE-supported project...
OSCE trains Tajikistan’s electoral body on election management
Publishing date: 1 June 2012
DUSHANBE, 1 June 2012 –¬ An OSCE-supported training course on electoral management for staff and commission members of Tajikistan’s Central Commission for Elections and Referenda (CCER), including representatives from all eight registered political parties, concluded today in Dushanbe...
OSCE Secretary General meets Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 1 June 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General
JEJU, Republic of Korea, 1 June 2012- OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier today met with the Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan, Omurbek Babanov, in the margins of the Jeju Peace Forum, at which both were delivering keynote addresses...