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OSCE Centre in Ashgabat promotes women's role in public life
Publishing date: 10 December 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Human rights, Gender equality, Tolerance and non-discrimination
TURKMENBASHI, 10 December 2009- Twenty-five female parliamentarians from Western Balkan and Central Asian countries, representatives of the National Institute for Democracy and Human Rights under the President of Turkmenistan...
OSCE Mission organizes first environmental film festival in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 7 December 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
ASHGABAT, 7 December 2009- Ten films featuring environmental topics such as the energy crisis in North America, Cuba's green revolution in agriculture and the impact of the fishing industry on East Africa's marine environment were screened...
OSCE Centre launches lectures on international human rights law in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 23 November 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
ASHGABAT, 23 November 2009- An OSCE Centre-supported five-day series of lectures on international human rights law for students of Turkmenistan's Institute for International Relations started in Ashgabat today...
OSCE Centre organizes seminar on international maritime law in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 20 November 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Environmental activities
ASHGABAT, 20 November 2009- A two-day OSCE workshop on international maritime law and inter-state co-operation ended in Ashgabat today...
OSCE training workshop on confidence- and security-building measures organized in Ashgabat
Publishing date: 19 November 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
ASHGABAT, 19 November 2009- A two-day training workshop on OSCE Confidence- and Security-Building Measures (CSBMs) concluded in Ashgabat today...
OSCE seminar discusses transport and border crossing facilitation in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 17 November 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Secretariat
ASHGABAT, 17 November 2009- Twenty senior officials from Turkmenistan wrapped up a two-day OSCE-supported seminar in Ashgabat today on legal aspects of international transport, harmonizing customs controls on goods and easing border crossings...
OSCE trains border officials from Turkmenistan and Afghanistan
Publishing date: 16 November 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
ASHGABAT, 16 November 2009- Officials from the Turkmenistan State Border Service completed a 15-day training course on patrol and covert surveillance skills and techniques on the Turkmen-Afghan border today...