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OSCE Chairman, Russian Foreign Minister discuss Organization's effectiveness and role in settling conflicts
Publishing date: 30 August 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
MOSCOW, 30 August 2007- Spain is working hard to strengthen the OSCE during its Chairmanship of the Organization this year and the Russian Federation, as a key participating State, plays an important role in this respect, the OSCE Chairman said today...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator helps train Central Asian police dog handlers to combat organized crime, terrorism
Publishing date: 28 August 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Education, Countering terrorism, Policing, Rule of law
TASHKENT, 28 August 2007- A four-month regional training course on combating organized crime and terrorism for 22 police dog handlers from Central Asian countries ended in Tashkent today...
OSCE Centre in Dushanbe teaches university students about protecting human rights
Publishing date: 27 August 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Human rights, Education
VARZOB, Tajikistan, 27 August 2007- Teaching university students about human rights and mechanisms to protect those rights is the aim of a course co-organized by the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe and the non-governmental organization...
Head of OSCE Serbia Mission says perpetrators of Roma attacks should be prosecuted
Publishing date: 24 August 2007
BELGRADE, 24 August 2007- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Hans Ola Urstad, expressed serious concern today over recent attacks and hate crimes against members of the Roma community in Serbia...
OSCE Mission supports development of community policing in Georgia
Publishing date: 24 August 2007
TBILISI, 24 August 2007- The OSCE Mission and the Interior Ministry will host a conference on community policing in Batumi on 27 August...
OSCE Mission promotes culture of reading in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 24 August 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
SARAJEVO, 24 August 2007- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina will open a pavilion with children's books at the Sarajevo Film Festival Family Day tomorrow. Prepared together with the 13th Sarajevo Film Festival...
OSCE Mission reviews Kosovo municipal legislative activities, says progress made but challenges exist
Publishing date: 23 August 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
PRISTINA, 23 August 2007- Kosovo's municipalities need to pass legislation that is clear, concise, known to the public and in line with procedures, concluded a report issued by the OSCE Mission today...