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OSCE Special Representative, 1500 students make symbolic journey to Palermo against organized crime
Publishing date: 24 May 2011
The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, along with some 1500 students, participated in a symbolic journey from Civitavecchia to Palermo on 22-23 May to promote the culture of legality...
OSCE chairs ENVSEC Management Board Meeting
Publishing date: 19 May 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
High-level representatives of the Environment and Security (ENVSEC) Initiative Partners met in Vienna on 18 May 2011 for the first Management Board meeting since the OSCE assumed its 2011 chairmanship in the six-agency partnership...
Trafficking for labour exploitation should be tackled as serious crime, warns OSCE Special Representative
Publishing date: 18 May 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Economic activities
TBILISI, 18 May 2011 – Trafficking for labour exploitation is widespread and countries need to take more effective measures to adequately tackle new trends in this form of modern-day slavery, said the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, at a regional conference in Tbilisi today...
OSCE-supported seminar focuses on challenges faced by female migrant workers
Publishing date: 16 May 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Human rights, Gender equality
VIENNA, 17 May 2011- Raising awareness of the challenges faced by female migrant workers in the OSCE region and the need for more appropriate policy responses are the focus of an OSCE-supported training seminar which started in Vienna today...
OSCE trains Afghan law enforcement officers on counter-narcotics investigation
Publishing date: 13 May 2011
ANKARA, 13 May 2011 – An OSCE-supported training programme for 11 Afghan law-enforcement officers on investigation techniques to combat drug smuggling concluded in Ankara today...
OSCE explores next steps in strengthening comprehensive cyber security
Publishing date: 9 May 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism, Policing
VIENNA, 9 May 2011- The OSCE’s future role in tackling challenges arising from cyberspace security is the topic of a two-day international conference that started in Vienna today...
‘Post-conflict rehabilitation: stabilization, reconstruction and peacebuilding’ focus of OSCE workshop
Publishing date: 2 May 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Lithuania's OSCE Chairmanship, with the support of the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre, is hosting a workshop in Vienna on the post-conflict rehabilitation capacity of the Organization. The event is the second in a series of expert meetings on early warning, conflict prevention, crisis management and post-conflict rehabilitation taking place under the “V[ienna] to V[ilnius] Dialogue”...