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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE holds workshop on establishing an Advance Passenger Information system in Georgia
Publishing date: 19 April 2018
A workshop on how to establish an Advance Passenger Information (API) system in Georgia, aimed at detecting and preventing the movement of foreign terrorist fighters (FTFs), was organized by the OSCE Transnational Threats Department’s Border Security and Management Unit (TNTD/BSMU) in Tbilisi from 17 to 19 April. The event brought together 45 representatives from all national agencies involved in passenger processing, including police and customs officials, the State Security Service, the Office of the Personal Data Protection Inspector, and the civil aviation authority...
OSCE holds discussion on future perspectives of small arms, light weapons and conventional ammunition security in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 19 April 2018
A high-level meeting on the results of the OSCE assistance projects on small arms and light weapons (SALW) and conventional ammunition (CA) in Tajikistan and prospects for future co-operation with the national authorities was held on 18 April 2018 in Dushanbe...
Press Statement of Special Representative of OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Sajdik after Meeting of Trilateral Contact Group on 18 April 2018
Publishing date: 18 April 2018
MINSK, 18 April 2018 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), Ambassador Martin Sajdik, made the following statement to the press after the meeting of the TCG and its Working Groups in Minsk on 18 April 2018:
In Uzbekistan, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities welcomes recent steps to strengthen regional co-operation and inter-ethnic relations in Central Asia
Publishing date: 18 April 2018
TASHKENT, 18 April 2018 – On his first visit to Uzbekistan as OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Lamberto Zannier welcomed in Tashkent today the positive effect of the recently strengthened bilateral ties between Uzbekistan and its neighbours on inter-ethnic relations and regional security.
ODIHR experts discuss electoral recommendations in Norway
Publishing date: 18 April 2018
A team of elections experts from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) met with electoral stakeholders in Norway from 16 to 18 April 2018 to present the final report of ODIHR’s election expert team for the September 2017 parliamentary elections. The report’s
OSCE organizes training seminar for law enforcement on media relations in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 18 April 2018
An OSCE-supported three-day training seminar for law enforcement press officers on the fundamentals of public relations and effective communication strategies between law enforcement and media concluded on 18 April 2018 in Karaganda, Kazakhstan...
Slovenia’s Chairmanship of Forum for Security Co-operation to support ongoing efforts to restore confidence in OSCE area, says State Secretary Logar
Publishing date: 18 April 2018
VIENNA, 18 April 2018 – Slovenia’s Chairmanship of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation will be characterized by the country’s commitment to the ongoing efforts to restore confidence in the OSCE area, said State Secretary of the country’s Foreign Ministry Andrej Logar at the Forum in Vienna today...