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OSCE Centre supports review of Kyrgyz anti-trafficking legislation
Publishing date: 10 November 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
BISHKEK, November 10, 2009- A three-day meeting between the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, Kyrgyz specialists and an international expert on fighting human trafficking started today in Bishkek...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports conference to improve labour migration regulation
Publishing date: 5 November 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Economic activities, Border management
LEILEK, Kyrgyzstan, 5 November 2009- A conference that looked at the challenges related to cross-border labour migration between Kyrgyzstan's southwestern Batken province and Tajikistan's northern Sogd province was held in the Batken town of Leilek...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek and Kyrgyzstan sign agreement on enhancing capacity of customs training centre
Publishing date: 15 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Border management
BISHKEK, 15 June 2009- The Kyrgyz State Customs Committee (SCC) signed an agreement with the OSCE Centre in Bishkek today, launching a project to enhance the capacity of its training centre...
OSCE Centre organizes course for Kyrgyz Border Service on detecting false IDs
Publishing date: 12 December 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management, Countering terrorism, Policing
BISHKEK, 12 December 2008- Eighteen Border Service officers completed a training course on identifying counterfeit ID documents in Bishkek today...
OSCE evaluates Kyrgyzstan's system for lost and stolen ID documents
Publishing date: 25 November 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Border management, Countering terrorism, Rule of law
BISHKEK, 26 November 2008- Assessing Kyrgyzstan's law enforcement system for lost and stolen identification documents and identifying measures needed for the country to join Interpol's database was the purpose of an OSCE-supported technical...
OSCE field presences in Central Asia discuss border-related activities
Publishing date: 17 July 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Border management
BISHKEK, 17 July 2008- OSCE border-related activities and co-operation between its field presences in five Central Asian states was the focus of a two-day workshop that ended today...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office concerned about four deported Uzbek asylum-seekers
Publishing date: 14 June 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Democratization, Border management, Human rights, National minority issues, Rule of law
LONDON, 14 June 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, said today he was deeply concerned about the fate of four asylum seekers, who were returned to Uzbekistan Friday by authorities in neighbouring Kyrgyzstan...