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OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan organizes course for Police Academy teachers
Publishing date: 10 September 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Democratization, Education, Policing, Rule of law
TASHKENT, 10 September 2007- A four-day training course for Police Academy teachers focusing on modern police education methodologies will begin tomorrow in Tashkent...
Politkovskaya case requires a vigorous and independent investigation, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 10 September 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 10 September 2007- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, commended recent reports of progress in the cases of murdered journalists Anna Politkovskaya and Igor Domnikov, but warned that violence against journalists...
OSCE Mission to Skopje helps network Citizens Advisory Groups to improve policing
Publishing date: 10 September 2007
SKOPJE, 10 September 2007- The OSCE Mission today opened a regional workshop in Delcevo aimed at strengthening community policing in the eastern part of the country by establishing the first local network of Citizen Advisory Groups...
OSCE Mission to Georgia holds multicultural summer camp for young people
Publishing date: 7 September 2007
TBILISI, 7 September 2007- Young people in Georgia, many of them of Armenian and Azerbaijani origin, are attending a summer camp funded by the OSCE Mission aimed at encouraging integration of national minorities...
OSCE Presence presents project in support of Albanian Assembly
Publishing date: 7 September 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
TIRANA, 7 September 2007- The OSCE Presence in Albania presented its parliamentary support project to deputies of the Albanian Assembly today. The project will help...
OSCE trains police in Ukraine to combat domestic violence
Publishing date: 6 September 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Gender equality, Policing
YALTA, Ukraine, 6 September 2007- A two-day training course on the role of precinct police inspectors in response to domestic violence began in the Ukrainian sea resort of Yalta today...
OSCE should appoint trouble-shooter to tackle crises quickly, says Chairman's special envoy
Publishing date: 6 September 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 6 September 2007- The OSCE should appoint a special trouble-shooter to intervene rapidly to avoid future crises like the 6 August missile incident that raised tensions between Georgia and the Russian Federation, said Miomir Zuzul...