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Joint OSCE-UNEP mission to assess environmental impacts of conflict in Georgia
Publishing date: 30 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
TBILISI, 30 September 2008- A joint OSCE-United Nations Environmental Programme mission is in Georgia this week to assess the environmental impact of the recent conflict in Georgia and offer confidence-building recommendations...
OSCE Office helps promote attractive investment and business climate in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 23 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities, Good governance
DUSHANBE, 23 September 2008- Ways of creating conditions for attracting investment and developing businesses are being discussed at an OSCE-organized seminar that began in Dushanbe today...
Joint UN-OSCE meeting aims to intensify fight against money laundering and human trafficking in the Mediterranean region
Publishing date: 18 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Economic activities
LARNACA, 18 September 2008- Helping Mediterranean countries strengthen their fight against money laundering and human trafficking and improve their co-operation in prevention efforts was the goal of a meeting that started in Larnaca today...
OSCE Centre supports forum to strengthen network of Kazakhstan's regional environmental groups
Publishing date: 17 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
KARAGANDA, 17 September 2008- An OSCE-supported forum aiming to strengthen contacts among regional environmental non-governmental organizations in Kazakhstan started today in the eastern city of Karaganda...
OSCE course on travel document security concludes in Ashgabad
Publishing date: 12 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Education, Countering terrorism
ASHGABAD, 12 September 2008- A two-week OSCE-sponsored training course on strengthening travel document security concluded in Ashgabad today...
OSCE official urges States to put victims' rights at the centre when investigating and prosecuting human trafficking cases
Publishing date: 10 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
HELSINKI, 10 September 2008- The OSCE Special Representative for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Eva Biaudet, urged OSCE participating States today to put victims' rights at the centre when investigating and prosecuting human trafficking cases...
OSCE hosts Central Asia legal workshop to help boost fight against organized crime
Publishing date: 9 July 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
ALMATY, 9 July 2008- International legal experts joined 68 counterparts from Central Asia, Afghanistan and Ukraine today at an OSCE-hosted workshop focusing on confiscating criminal assets, combating money laundering...