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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE holds conference on maritime and inland waterways co-operation
Publishing date: 11 September 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
HELSINKI, 11 September 2007- An international OSCE conference on the role of maritime and inland waterways co-operation in enhancing security and protecting the environment ended in Helsinki today...
OSCE plays key role in fight against human trafficking, top official says
Publishing date: 11 September 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
VIENNA, 11 September 2007- The OSCE plays a key role in the fight against human trafficking, Silvia Escobar, Spanish Ambassador at Large for Human Rights, said at a meeting on how to best support trafficking victims that concluded today in Vienna...
OSCE Mission to Skopje launches respect for rule of law campaign
Publishing date: 11 September 2007
SKOPJE, 11 September 2007- Respect for the rule of law is the aim of a public awareness campaign launched today by the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje. The campaign was designed...
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...