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OSCE Centre organizes meeting on water management in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 5 May 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Environmental activities
TASHKENT, 5 May 2005- Agricultural and water management projects in Uzbekistan are the focus of a meeting, organized by the OSCE Centre in Tashkent today. The event brings together government officials, donors, representatives...
OSCE Chairman pays tribute to journalists' contribution to democratic change
Publishing date: 3 May 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Media freedom and development
LJUBLJANA, 3 May 2005- OSCE Chairman-in-Office Dimitrij Rupel paid tribute on World Press Freedom Day to the large number of journalists who have contributed to democratic change in the OSCE region in the last 30 years through their work...
OSCE Centre organizes training for Turkmen border and customs officials
Publishing date: 3 May 2005
ASHGABAD, 3 May 2005- Six members of Turkmenistan's border and customs services have taken part in a week-long training course in south Germany, organized by the OSCE Centre in Ashgabad with the support of the Government of Turkmenistan and Germany's...
Special rapporteurs on freedom of expression issue joint statement on press freedom Day
Publishing date: 2 May 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 2 May 2005- On the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day, marked 3 May, the international community's four special rapporteurs on freedom of expression issued a joint statement, paying tribute to the courage and professionalism of...
OSCE Field Office promotes information access in south Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 2 May 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Media freedom and development
BATKEN, KYRGYZSTAN, 2 May 2005- In order to develop information access in remote areas of Kyrgyzstan, the OSCE Field Office in the southern city of Osh has supported the establishment of a media centre in Batken province, which will open on 3 May...
OSCE releases Annual Report on 2004 activities
Publishing date: 29 April 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Main Website, OSCE Secretariat
VIENNA, 29 April 2005- The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), the world's largest regional security arrangement, released its Annual Report 2004 today...
OSCE Special Representative calls on financial institutions to help prevent human trafficking
Publishing date: 28 April 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
PARIS, 28 April 2005- The OSCE Special Representative on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings called upon financial institutions to develop comprehensive poverty-reduction strategies to help reduce trafficking in human beings...