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OSCE Centre organizes training on advanced drug recognition and testing in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 4 November 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Border management, Policing
ASHGABAD, 4 November 2005- Experts from the German Customs Service, specializing in drug recognition and testing, conducted the first of two one-week practical training courses in Ashgabad, organized by the OSCE Centre in co-operation with the United...
NATO Secretary General calls for closer links with OSCE
Publishing date: 3 November 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council
What we do: Arms control, Border management, Countering terrorism
VIENNA, 3 November 2005- Addressing representatives of the 55 participating States of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe today, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer called for the two organizations to translate their...
OSCE Mission to Skopje completes human rights training for police officers
Publishing date: 2 November 2005
SKOPJE, 2 November 2005- Eleven training co-ordinators from the country's Interior Ministry were awarded certificates today at the closing ceremony for a human rights training initiative for the police, supported by the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission...
NATO Secretary General to address OSCE Permanent Council on Thursday
Publishing date: 2 November 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
VIENNA, 2 November 2005- NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer will address Representatives of the 55 participating States of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe on Thursday 3 November...
OSCE Mission helps establish mechanism to aid trafficking victims in Skopje
Publishing date: 1 November 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
SKOPJE, 1 November 2005- A national referral mechanism aimed at helping the victims of trafficking, which is supported by the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje, was launched today at a press conference by the Minister of Labour and Social...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator presents EU-funded study on Ukrainian labour markets affected by human trafficking
Publishing date: 1 November 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Economic activities
KYIV, 1 November 2005- A study of labour markets in ten Ukrainian regions most affected by human trafficking, conducted under an European Union (EU) project, was today presented in Kyiv by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine...
OSCE media freedom representative asks Kazakhstan to withdraw Internet regulation
Publishing date: 31 October 2005
Content type: Press release
VIENNA, 31 October 2005- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklós Haraszti, has asked the Government of Kazakhstan to withdraw a newly established regulation on the registration of domain names for websites...