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OSCE Presence completes training for Albanian border and migration police
Publishing date: 31 March 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Border management, Migration, Policing
TIRANA, 31 March 2006- Over 100 members of the Albanian border and migration police from eleven cities have completed an OSCE-supported training course on the use of border surveillance equipment...
OSCE meeting in Vienna calls on States to increase support for human rights defenders
Publishing date: 31 March 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
VIENNA, 31 March 2006- A call for increased support for human rights defenders was one of the main conclusions of a two-day OSCE conference on the challenges faced by human rights defenders, which concluded in Vienna today...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office concerned about violent incidents in Georgian prison
Publishing date: 31 March 2006
TASHKENT, 31 March 2006- The Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), the Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs Karel De Gucht, has expressed his concern about violent incidents that occurred in Tbilisi...
Kosovo criminal justice system improved but more changes needed, OSCE Mission report says
Publishing date: 31 March 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
PRISTINA, 31 March 2006- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo today released a report on the implementation of recommendations the Mission has offered to Kosovo's legal and judicial institutions since 1999 to remedy shortcomings and ensure compliance with...
OSCE Chairman encourages Tajik Government to push ahead with democratic reforms
Publishing date: 30 March 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Elections, Gender equality, Media freedom and development
DUSHANBE, 30 March 2006- Continuing his trip in Central Asia, the Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister, Karel De Gucht, visited Tajikistan on Thursday and met with President Emomali Rakhmonov, Foreign Minister...
20,000 trees to be planted in Tajikistan under OSCE Centre environmental project
Publishing date: 30 March 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Environmental activities
DUSHANBE, 30 March 2006- An awareness-raising campaign on environmental protection, biodiversity and the effects of deforestation was launched today in the southern Tajik town of Kurgon-Teppa as part of an OSCE Centre in Dushanbe project...
Visiting Turkmenistan OSCE Chairman notes importance of starting political reforms and democratisation
Publishing date: 29 March 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Democratization, Education, Elections
ASHGABAD, 29 March 2006- The Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Karel De Gucht, paid a visit to Turkmenistan on 29 March. In meetings with President Saparmurat Niyazov...