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OSCE Mission organizes hostage negotiation training for Georgian Interior Ministry
Publishing date: 11 May 2006
TBILISI, 11 May 2006- Fourteen officials of Georgia's Interior Ministry today completed a training course, organized by the OSCE Mission to Georgia, on effective responses to crisis situations, including negotiating with hostage-takers...
OSCE Centre helps organize discussion on implementing International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 11 May 2006
ASTANA, 11 May 2006- Participants at a seminar that opened today in Astana are discussing ways of bringing the current legislation into compliance with the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), as well as...
OSCE Mission to Skopje begins political party dialogue project
Publishing date: 10 May 2006
SKOPJE, 10 May 2006- The OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje and the Norwegian Foreign Ministry today co-organized a roundtable discussion in Kumanovo on developing political dialogue, prior to the 5 July parliamentary elections in the country...
OSCE Mission in Belgrade holds conference on best practices for high judicial councils
Publishing date: 10 May 2006
BELGRADE, 10 May 2006- The OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro and the High Judicial Council of Serbia held a two-day conference on the best practices for such bodies, which seek to guarantee judicial independence and oversee...
OSCE Mission holds conference in Belgrade on investigations into war crimes
Publishing date: 8 May 2006
BELGRADE, 8 May 2006- Closer co-operation between police investigators dealing with war crimes and witness protection programmes is the aim of a three-day conference that opened today in Belgrade. Organized by the OSCE Mission...
Co-operation crucial to keep public transport safe from terrorists, OSCE and International Association of Public Transport workshop concludes
Publishing date: 5 May 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
VIENNA, 5 May 2006- International co-operation is essential to keep public transport networks and the passengers they carry safe from terrorist attacks, participants in a workshop on Urban Transport Security concluded today. Some 200 experts...
OSCE Mission to Skopje trains Ombudsman staff to better serve vulnerable groups
Publishing date: 5 May 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
SKOPJE, 5 May 2006- Thirty-five staff members of the Ombudsman Office are taking part in a training course in Skopje on the role of national human rights bodies in protecting vulnerable groups, including children and the disabled...