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OSCE Mission helps professionalize Kosovo police
Publishing date: 11 November 2011
An OSCE Mission-organized training on operational management for 21 mid-ranking Kosovo police officers concluded on 11 November 2011 in Vushtrri/Vučitrn...
Law enforcement must respect the rights of media covering Occupy Wall Street protests, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 11 November 2011
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, 11 November 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today expressed concern about the increasing number of journalists harassed by police while covering “Occupy Wall Street” protests across the United States...
OSCE Office in Tajikistan trains Afghan Border Police in tactical patrolling and surveillance
Publishing date: 11 November 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Border management
DUSHANBE, 11 November 2011 – Officers from the Afghan Border Police successfully completed an eight-week Patrol Leadership Course at the OSCE Office in Tajikistan today...
OSCE supports monitoring training for Armenian human rights defenders
Publishing date: 11 November 2011
TSAKHKADZOR, Armenia, 11 November 2011 – Increasing human rights knowledge and strengthening the monitoring capacities of civil society organizations was the aim of a three-day training course that ended today in Armenia...
OSCE, government partners review preliminary results of newly-established civilian mediation network in southern Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 11 November 2011
A one-day conference reviewing 2011 activities and plans for next year’s work of the OSCE-supported civilian mediation corps teams in Osh City and Osh Province in southern Kyrgyzstan took place on 11 November 2011...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek trains border officials on travel document security
Publishing date: 11 November 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management, Countering terrorism
NOVOPOKROVKA, Kyrgyzstan, 11 November 2011- An OSCE-sponsored training course on travel document security was completed in the Novopokrovka Border Troops Training Centre near Bishkek today...
OSCE Secretary General meets incoming Chairperson-in-Office in Dublin
Publishing date: 11 November 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General
OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier met the Irish Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Eamon Gilmore in Dublin on 10 November 2011. They discussed Ireland’s 2012 Chairmanship of the OSCE as well as the upcoming OSCE Ministerial Council in Vilnius on 6 and 7 December.