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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Ukrainian delegation visits OSCE Secretariat and Austria’s Interior Ministry as part of project on combating human trafficking and smuggling of migrants
Publishing date: 8 May 2019
Representatives of Ukraine’s Ministry of Social Policy, the country’s Office of the Prosecutor General, the police and the State Service for Labour Issues visited the OSCE Secretariat and the Austrian Federal Ministry of the Interior on 7 and 8 May 2019 as part of an OSCE capacity-building project that aims to combat human trafficking and the smuggling of migrants...
New OSCE-led survey provides much-needed data to combat violence against women and girls, say participants at high-level OSCE conference
Publishing date: 7 May 2019
VIENNA, 7 May 2019 – Participants in a two-day Vienna-based conference entitled Commitment – Data – Action! underlined the importance of comparable data for improving policies and measures to prevent violence against women and girls (VAWG).
OSCE high-level regional conference on countering terrorist financing and organized crime hosted in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 17 April 2019
ASHGABAT, 17 April 2019 – Some 200 representatives of Central Asian and other OSCE participating States and Partners for Co-operation, as well as experts from international organizations, attended today in Ashgabat an OSCE high-level regional conference on countering terrorist financing and organized crime...
OSCE Secretary General and Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan address conference dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the OSCE Centre
Publishing date: 17 April 2019
ASHGABAT, 17 April 2019 – An OSCE-organized conference dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat took place yesterday at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan in Ashgabat...
Best practices in the deactivation of small arms and light weapons focus of OSCE workshop in Minsk
Publishing date: 17 April 2019
The OSCE Best Practice Guide on Deactivation of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) was the focus of a two-day regional workshop organized by the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre and the Ministry of Defence of Belarus on 16 and 17 April 2019...
OSCE, UNODC and ICITAP deliver training course on countering terrorist financing in Albania
Publishing date: 12 April 2019
A three-day training course aimed at further strengthening the capacity of Albania to counter terrorist financing was organized from 10 to 12 April 2019, in Tirana...
Benefits of biometric technology in countering terrorism, and responsibly using and sharing data, explored at OSCE-Biometrics Institute Conference
Publishing date: 11 April 2019
VIENNA, 11 April 2019 – The benefits and potential of biometric technology in countering terrorism, and how to responsibly use and share collected biometric data, are being explored at a two-day conference which launched today in Vienna. More than 200 decision-makers, policy-makers, experts in biometrics and private sector representatives from the OSCE participating States and Partners for Co-operation are taking part...