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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Collective response urgently needed to address indivisible security, Russian Foreign Minister tells OSCE states
Publishing date: 23 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation, Permanent Council
VIENNA, 23 June 2009- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called on OSCE States to address the future of Euro-Atlantic security and elaborated on Russian proposals for a legally-binding treaty at the start of the Annual Security Review Conference...
Greek OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova conduct seminar on confidence- and security-building measures
Publishing date: 22 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
MAUERBACH, Austria, 22 June 2009- The Greek OSCE Chairmanship and the OSCE Mission to Moldova held a seminar on Confidence- and Security-Building Measures in Moldova on 21-22 June in Mauerbach, Austria, with the participation...
OSCE Centre teaches business skills to women and young people in Kyrgyz town of Min-Kush
Publishing date: 22 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
MIN KUSH, Kyrgyzstan, 22 June 2009- A week-long training course supported by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek to teach entrepreneurial skills and business planning to residents in the former uranium mining town of Min-Kish started today...
OSCE Centre supports anti-corruption conference in Almaty
Publishing date: 22 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Economic activities
ALMATY, 22 June 2009- A conference on anti-corruption initiatives in Kazakhstan and international experience began in Almaty today...
OSCE Office in Minsk assists Belarus in conducting trans-boundary environmental impact assessment
Publishing date: 22 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
What we do: Environmental activities
MINSK, 22 June 2009- A seminar on conducting trans-boundary impact assessments focusing on the Neman River, organized by the OSCE Office in Minsk and Belarus's Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection, opened in Minsk today...
OSCE holds training course in Turkmenistan on identifying drug precursors
Publishing date: 19 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
ASHGABAT, 19 June 2009- A four-day OSCE-sponsored training course on identifying drug precursors and backtracking investigations concluded in Ashgabat today...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator supports development of a National Referral Mechanism to assist human trafficking victims in Ukraine
Publishing date: 19 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
KYIV, 19 June 2009- An OSCE supported conference on ways to rehabilitate and provide state assistance to victims of human trafficking was held in Kyiv today...