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OSCE regional workshop on sex crimes investigations held in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 8 November 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
ALMATY, 8 November 2005- Representatives of police forces from Central Asian countries are taking part in the first OSCE regional workshop on the investigation of sex crimes, which begins today in Almaty...
OSCE to host international conference on combating the financing of terrorism
Publishing date: 8 November 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Main Website, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities
VIENNA, 8 November 2005- A number of international organizations including NATO and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), together with a high-level delegation from the US State Department, will join senior OSCE officials tomorrow for a meeting...
OSCE Dushanbe conference focuses on role of transport in regional economic co-operation
Publishing date: 8 November 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Economic activities
DUSHANBE, 8 November 2005- An international conference on the role of transport in boosting regional economic co-operation and security among the OSCE's 55 participating States ends today in Dushanbe.
OSCE media freedom representative reviews Kyrgyzstan's media legislation
Publishing date: 7 November 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws
VIENNA, 7 November 2005- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, has written to the Foreign Minister of Kyrgyzstan, welcoming positive signs in the legal situation of the media but outlining a number of areas of concern...
OSCE conference on trafficking for labour exploitation addresses 'modern day slavery'
Publishing date: 7 November 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
VIENNA, 7 November 2005- Stimulating co-ordinated action to deal with the complex problem of labour exploitation, and forced and bonded labour is the aim of a two-day conference hosted by the office of the OSCE Special Representative on Combating...
Elections in Azerbaijan did not meet international standards despite some improvements
Publishing date: 7 November 2005
Content type: Press release
What we do: Elections
BAKU, 7 November 2005- The 6 November parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan did not meet a number of OSCE commitments and Council of Europe standards for democratic elections, concluded the International Election Observation Mission in a preliminary...
Almaty roundtable to discuss Kazakhstani legal concept on combating money laundering and financing of terrorism
Publishing date: 7 November 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Countering terrorism
ALMATY, 7 November 2005- The creation of a legal framework to combat money laundering and financing of terrorism in Kazakhstan will be the focus of an OSCE roundtable on 10 November in Almaty...