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OSCE's field office helps encourage dialogue between police and public in south Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 31 May 2005
OSH, KYRGYZSTAN, 31 May 2005- Enhancing better understanding and co-operation between the local population and police in the field of public order is the aim of a forum that opened today in the Kyrgyz city of Osh...
OSCE Chairman appeals for support for police assistance to Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 30 May 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Elections, Policing
VIENNA, 30 May 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office called on the Organization's 55 participating States on Monday to provide urgent funding for police assistance projects in Kyrgyzstan to help ensure stability in the run-up to presidential elections...
OSCE Chairman's Personal Representative presents plan to help maintain stability in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 14 April 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
VIENNA, 14 April 2005- A workplan to support stability and security in Kyrgyzstan- as it enters into a three-month presidential election campaign- has been put together with the country's authorities, the OSCE heard today. Alojz Peterle...
OSCE Police Assistance Programme helps intercept 44 kgs of heroin in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 9 April 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Policing
BISHKEK, 9 April 2004- A drug-sniffing dog, provided by the OSCE to Kyrgyz Police under the Police Assistance Programme, helped detect 44 kilograms of heroin in a passenger bus near the town of Osh in Kyrgyzstan on 7 April...
Head of OSCE's office in Kyrgyzstan discusses police assistance programme with President Akayev
Publishing date: 19 March 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections, Policing
BISHKEK, 19 March 2004- The Head of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, Ambassador Markus Mueller, today met Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev at Government House, where he outlined issues of special concern to the OSCE Centre in Bishkek...
OSCE pilot policing project presented in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 5 March 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
BISHKEK, 5 March 2004- A pioneering OSCE project on community policing for Kyrgyzstan was presented with the launch of a local computer network at a Bishkek police station. Within the framework of the project, the Pervomayiskyi district...
OSCE and Kyrgyzstan sign agreement on implementing first major police assistance programme in Central Asia
Publishing date: 7 August 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
BISHKEK, 7 August 2003- The Kyrgyz Government has signed a key agreement today with the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, launching a comprehensive OSCE police assistance programme aimed at establishing community policing, improving the quality of criminal...