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OSCE Centre promotes best practices in basic police training
Publishing date: 5 October 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
ASHGABAT, 5 October 2010- About twenty officials from the Interior Ministry and Police Academy of Turkmenistan discussed basic police training in a roundtable meeting which concluded in Ashgabat today...
OSCE organizes workshop on democratic policing in South-Eastern Europe with Regional Cooperation Council support
Publishing date: 30 September 2010
SARAJEVO, 30 September 2010- A regional workshop on democratic policing organized by the OSCE Strategic Police Matters Unit with the support of the Regional Cooperation Council started in Sarajevo today...
OSCE well placed to counter human trafficking as integral part of organised crime, transnational threat, says Special Representative
Publishing date: 29 September 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
MOSCOW, 29 September 2010- The OSCE, as a unique organization, is well placed to counter the human trafficking challenge, said Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, OSCE Special Representative for Combating Human Trafficking, at a workshop in Moscow today...
OSCE trains Afghan border police on detecting forged documents
Publishing date: 27 September 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
DUSHANBE, 27 September 2010- A two-week training course for 20 Afghan border police officials to increase operational awareness to detect forged documents and use Interpol databases started today at the OSCE Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe...
OSCE Centre in Astana supports efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
Publishing date: 23 September 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Gender equality
ALMATY, 23 September 2010- A two-day roundtable meeting co-organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana to discuss the implementation, monitoring and reporting on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women started...
Number of women in OSCE management reaches a historic high, but continued efforts are needed, says Secretary General
Publishing date: 15 September 2010
VIENNA, 16 September 2010- Over the last few years the OSCE has achieved major progress in promoting equality between women and men, but more efforts are needed, said the OSCE Secretary General, Marc Perrin de Brichambaut to the Permanent Council today..
OSCE expert meeting concludes with call for enhanced co-operation to tackle energy security challenges
Publishing date: 14 September 2010
VILNIUS, 14 September 2010- As the only regional security organization bringing together key energy producers, consumers and transit countries in the Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian area, the OSCE has a role to play in promoting energy security...