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Fight against illicit drugs is a way to combat terrorism and organized crime, say participants in OSCE meeting
Publishing date: 8 July 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
VIENNA, 8 July 2010- Combating illegal drugs and drug trafficking is an essential element of the fight against terrorism and organized crime, said Serik Baymaganbetov, the Interior Minister of Kazakhstan, to the participants of an OSCE...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator supports Ukraine's efforts to combat human trafficking
Publishing date: 7 July 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
KYIV, 7 July 2010- The development of a new state programme to combat human trafficking, supported by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine, began today with a first meeting of an interagency working group that will draft the programme...
Press release issued by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
Publishing date: 6 July 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General
VIENNA, 6 July 2010- The following is a press release issued by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly today. The views expressed in this press release do not necessarily reflect those of the OSCE Chairmanship, nor of all OSCE participating States...
OSCE Centre organizes study visit to Lithuania for Turkmenistan law-enforcement officials
Publishing date: 2 July 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Secretariat
ASHGABAT, 2 July 2010- Five representatives of Turkmenistan's Interior Ministry and Police Academy exchanged information and best practices in police education and curriculum development during a three-day study visit to Lithuania that concluded today...
OSCE Office in Tajikistan supports seminar on gender-responsive budgeting
Publishing date: 23 June 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Gender equality
DUSHANBE, 23 June 2010- A seminar supported by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan on gender-responsive budgeting and planning for 15 key officials from ministries as well as from the Parliamentary Committee on gender issues started in Dushanbe today...
Despite progress, more work needed to promote role of women in the security sector, say parliamentarians at Montenegro meeting
Publishing date: 22 June 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Montenegro, OSCE Secretariat
CETINJE, Montenegro, 22 June 2010- Although progress has been made in increasing the participation of women in the security sector, more work is needed to further promote their role, participants at an OSCE regional meeting for female...
OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings hosts Alliance conference on domestic servitude
Publishing date: 17 June 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
VIENNA, 17 June 2010- The tenth Alliance against Trafficking in Persons conference focused on trafficking for domestic servitude opened today in Vienna...