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OSCE Centre supports investigative journalism in southernmost Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 29 May 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Media freedom and development
BATKEN, Kyrgyzstan, 29 May 2009- An OSCE-supported training course ending today helped journalists from across southwestern Kyrgyzstan sharpen their investigative skills...
Role of democratization in regional security discussed at OSCE-supported conference in Almaty
Publishing date: 28 May 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Democratization
ALMATY, 28 May 2009- Democratization processes in the context of OSCE's comprehensive approach to security and the role of the OSCE in promoting human rights was the topic of a conference today, supported by the OSCE Centre in Astana...
OSCE Office in Tajikistan co-organizes international seminar on independent detention monitoring
Publishing date: 28 May 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
DUSHANBE, 28 May 2009- Participants at a seminar supported by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan ending yesterday discussed the benefits of independent monitoring of prisons and shared best practices.
OSCE Centre supports moving of Forensic Centre to new premises for the Kyrgyz Interior Ministry
Publishing date: 28 May 2009
BISHKEK, 28 May 2009- A ceremony today marked the move to new premises of an Interior Ministry Forensic Centre, with the support of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek The Centre supervises all forensic units in Kyrgyzstan.
OSCE Centre supports gender equality discussions among local government representatives in southern Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 28 May 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Gender equality
BATKEN, Kyrgyzstan, 28 May 2009- An OSCE-supported seminar that started in a remote part of southern Kyrgyzstan today will help local officials promote gender equality and learn about gender analysis.
OSCE supports discussions to improve management of transboundary groundwaters
Publishing date: 28 May 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities, Human rights
ALMATY, 28 May 2009- A workshop on groundwater management organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana and the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Cluster Office in Almaty ended today in Almaty...
Monitoring presence in Georgia remains essential, EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus says at OSCE
Publishing date: 28 May 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
VIENNA, 28 May 2009- The EU firmly believes that an international monitoring presence in Georgia remains essential and supports the continued presence of the UN and the OSCE in Georgia in the region, the EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus..