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OSCE Office helps to promote investment, develop job opportunities in southern Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 15 June 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Economic activities
OSH, KYRGYZSTAN, 15 June 2005- Ways of promoting investment and developing employment opportunities in southern Kyrgyzstan will be discussed at a conference in Osh tomorrow. Organized by the OSCE Osh field office and...
OSCE Mission trains crime scene investigators in Belgrade
Publishing date: 15 June 2005
BELGRADE, 15 June 2005- Developing a crime scene investigation policy in Serbia and quality management systems were the focus of an OSCE-facilitated workshop in Belgrade, attended by 15 representatives of the Serbian Interior and Justice ministries...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office concerned about four deported Uzbek asylum-seekers
Publishing date: 14 June 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Democratization, Border management, Human rights, National minority issues, Rule of law
LONDON, 14 June 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, said today he was deeply concerned about the fate of four asylum seekers, who were returned to Uzbekistan Friday by authorities in neighbouring Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE-facilitated agreement commits Kyrgyz presidential contenders to fair election campaign
Publishing date: 13 June 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Personal Representatives of the Chairperson-in-Office, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Elections
BISHKEK, 13 June 2005- Five of the contenders for Kyrgyzstan's 10 July presidential election today signed a politically binding document in Bishkek, committing themselves to a fair and honest election campaign. Under this "Charter of Accord", the...
OSCE Mission presents surveys before launch of community policing in Montenegro
Publishing date: 10 June 2005
PODGORICA, 10 June 2005- Public perception of the crime rate and the role of the police were the focus of three surveys presented today by the OSCE Office in Podgorica and the Montenegrin Interior Ministry. Two surveys examined the public perception...
OSCE Centre helps Kyrgyzstan to promote tourism
Publishing date: 10 June 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Economic activities
BISHKEK, 10 June 2005- The OSCE Centre in Bishkek is helping to promote foreign tourism in Kyrgyzstan in the wake of unrest in March by organizing tours of the country for foreign journalists. A first group of European and American journalists began...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine helps re-train discharged military officers
Publishing date: 10 June 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
KYIV, 10 June 2005- A group of senior Ukrainian military officers graduated today in Kyiv from an OSCE funded re-training course on advanced management skills. Since 2004, more than 210 officers have finished...