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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 launches channel on YouTube
Publishing date: 27 November 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Economic activities, Border management, Environmental activities, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Education, Elections, Countering terrorism, Gender equality, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector, Roma and Sinti, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
VIENNA, 27 November 2008- The OSCE today launched its own channel on the popular video-sharing website YouTube...
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 organizes training on drug search, identification and detection in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 11 November 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Border management, Policing
ASHGABAD, 11 November 2008- A six-day, OSCE-sponsored training course for Turkmenistan officials on drug search, identification and detection ended in Artyk today...
OSCE holds high-level seminar on travel document security in Banja Luka
Publishing date: 23 October 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management, Countering terrorism
BANJA LUKA, 23 October 2008- A two-day high-level seminar on security standards for issuing and producing travel documents started in Bosnia and Herzegovina today...
Experts discuss Central Asia border management, drug control at Dushanbe ministerial conference
Publishing date: 22 October 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Border management
DUSHANBE, 22 October 2008- Enhancing border management and drug control in Central Asia were the focus of a two-day high-level conference that ended in Dushanbe today...
OSCE Centre holds checkpoint and x-ray image interpretation course for airport officials in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 16 October 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Border management, Countering terrorism
ASHGABAD, 16 October 2008- A three-day OSCE-sponsored training course for airport officials on checkpoint and x-ray interpretation to improve airport security ended in Ashgabad today...