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Co-operation crucial to combat spread of child pornography online, highlights OSCE Vienna conference
Publishing date: 20 September 2007
VIENNA, 20 September 2007- Enhancing the ability of law enforcement bodies to investigate and prosecute those responsible for the sexual exploitation of children over the Internet is the focus of an OSCE conference that began in Vienna today...
OSCE human rights body concerned about continued rise of hate crime
Publishing date: 20 September 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
WARSAW, 20 September 2007- Crimes motivated by hate are on the rise in many OSCE participating States, and such incidents are becoming more violent, according to a new report on hate crimes and violent manifestations of intolerance in 2006, released...
OSCE Centre supports regional water management co-operation
Publishing date: 20 September 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Democratization, Environmental activities
ISSYK-KUL, Kazakhstan, 20 September 2007- Intensifying water management co-operation between Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan so that water resources shared by the two countries can be used effectively is the purpose of a three-day meeting that starts today...
OSCE has unique potential, Kazakh Secretary of State says
Publishing date: 20 September 2007
VIENNA, 20 September 2007- Several characteristics make the 56-country OSCE a key factor in international affairs, the Kazakh Secretary of State, Kanat Saudabayev, told the Organization's Permanent Council today...
OSCE trains state officials and journalists to improve public access to information in Armenia
Publishing date: 19 September 2007
Content type: Press release
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws, Media pluralism
YEREVAN, 19 September 2007- Increasing public access to information held by the state through promoting ties between regional state administration bodies and journalists is the aim of a two-day OSCE training seminar that started today in Yerevan.
OSCE Mission-supported Justice Academy in Skopje welcomes first class
Publishing date: 19 September 2007
SKOPJE, 19 September 2007- The Academy for Training of Judges and Prosecutors, supported by the OSCE Mission to Skopje, welcomed its first class of students today...
OSCE Presence helps train Albanian police, court officials and civil society groups on new domestic violence law
Publishing date: 18 September 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Gender equality, Policing, Rule of law
TIRANA, 18 September 2007- The OSCE Presence in Albania helped to educate police officers and court officials, along with civil society representatives, on the country's new domestic violence law in training sessions which ended today....