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OSCE Centre promotes gender equality in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 7 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Gender equality
ALMATY, 7 December 2007- Effective legislation and implementation mechanisms on equal rights and opportunities for women and men were the focus of a roundtable discussion in Almaty today organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana...
OSCE Centre supports public hearing on Tajikistan's gender equality law
Publishing date: 7 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Gender equality
DUSHANBE, 7 December 2007- The OSCE Centre in Dushanbe, in cooperation with the parliamentary committee on social, women and ecological issues, held a public hearing today to discuss the implementation of the Tajikistan's gender equality law...
OSCE experts, Tajik Interior Ministry discuss co-operation on police reform
Publishing date: 6 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Policing
DUSHANBE, 6 December 2007- Experts from the OSCE Strategic Police Matters Unit ended a three-day fact-finding visit to Dushanbe today...
OSCE Office supports report on political and economic empowerment of women in Armenia
Publishing date: 5 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Gender equality
KAPAN, Armenia, 5 December 2007- Armenian women are underrepresented in public and economic life, says an OSCE-supported report presented today in Kapan, the capital of Syunik province...
Afghan police officers participate in OSCE course on fighting drug trafficking
Publishing date: 29 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Education, Policing, Rule of law
DOMODEDOVO, Russia, 29 November 2007- Methods to fight drug trafficking were the focus of a three-week long OSCE-organized course for ten Afghan police officers that concluded today...
OSCE takes steps to promote environmentally-friendly practices in the Organization
Publishing date: 22 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Environmental activities
VIENNA, 22 November 2007- The OSCE participating States agreed at today's meeting of the Permanent Council to take the first steps towards a more environmentally-friendly Organization...
Spain's King and Austrian President inaugurate new OSCE building
Publishing date: 21 November 2007
Content type: Press release
VIENNA, 21 November 2007- King Juan Carlos I of Spain and Austrian President Heinz Fischer inaugurated the new headquarters for the OSCE Secretariat and the OSCE's Representative on Freedom of the Media in Vienna today.