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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Office trains Tajik border troops and Afghan border police
Publishing date: 11 April 2012
The OSCE Office in Tajikistan began a five-week patrol and leadership training course for Tajik trainees on 9 April 2012, as a part of a project developed for Tajik border troops and Afghan border police within the framework of Tajikistan National Border Management Strategy supported by the OSCE...
OSCE Special Representative calls for better balance between border control and human rights protection to tackle human trafficking
Publishing date: 26 March 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Border management
The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, called for anti-trafficking efforts at borders to prioritize human rights protection at a conference on “The Politics & Policy of Border Security” in Berlin on 23 March 2012...
OSCE Centre trains Kazakhstani border guards
Publishing date: 5 March 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Border management
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 5 March 2012- A three-day OSCE-organized workshop on border management for Kazakhstani border service staff began today in Almaty...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator helps strengthen risk analysis system of Ukraine’s State Border Service
Publishing date: 31 January 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Border management
KYIV, 31 January 2012 – The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU) today handed over IT equipment for 23 risk and criminal analysis units of the Ukraine's State Border Guard Service...
OSCE holds a workshop for customs and licensing authorities with Mediterranean Partners on military and dual-use goods
Publishing date: 24 January 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
What we do: Arms control, Border management
A regional workshop organized by the OSCE to help combat the trafficking of strategic dual-use commodities and conventional weapons, including small arms and light weapons, started in Valletta, Malta on 24 January 2012...
New OSCE department for transnational threats established
Publishing date: 12 January 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Border management, Countering terrorism, Policing
With the beginning of 2012, a new department has been established that will improve the OSCE’s work on combating transnational threats (TNT), OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier announced on 10 January 2012...
OSCE supports training for Tajik border guard services on refugees and asylum issues
Publishing date: 9 December 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Border management, Migration
The OSCE and the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) held an intensive train–the-trainers course for border guard officers on the rights of refugees and asylum seekers as well as reception practices at border entry points from 21 to 30 November 2011...