News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE conference on trafficking for labour exploitation addresses 'modern day slavery'
Publishing date: 7 November 2005
VIENNA, 7 November 2005- Stimulating co-ordinated action to deal with the complex problem of labour exploitation, and forced and bonded labour is the aim of a two-day conference hosted by the office of the OSCE Special Representative on Combating...
OSCE Centre opens munitions disposal training centre and demolition ground in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 4 November 2005
DUSHANBE, 4 November 2005- A training centre to help rid Tajikistan of surplus explosives and conventional ammunition, was officially opened today by the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe. The Explosive Ordnance Disposal Training Centre and Demolition is...
OSCE Special Representative addresses regional NGO crime prevention forum
Publishing date: 28 October 2005
VIENNA, 28 October 2005- The OSCE Special Representative on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Helga Konrad, addressed a two-day forum of Central and South-Eastern European non-governmental organizations (NGO) aimed at creating strategies...
OSCE holds workshop on threat posed by use of Internet by terrorists
Publishing date: 14 October 2005
VIENNA, 14 October 2005- Identifying ways of combating the use of the Internet for terrorist purposes while ensuring continued respect for human rights was the aim of a meeting of experts that ended today in Vienna. Hosted by the OSCE...
OSCE police assistance programme helps set up emergency response call centre in Bishkek
Publishing date: 19 September 2005
BISHKEK, 19 September 2005- A new call Centre, designed to ensure efficient and effective police response to emergency assistance requests from citizens, opened today in Bishkek. Funded by the OSCE Police Assistance Programme...
OSCE Academy supports establishment of Central Asian Applied Research Network
Publishing date: 15 September 2005
VIENNA/BISHKEK, 15 September 2005- The establishment of a Central Asian Applied Research Network was the focus of a regional meeting today in Bishkek organized by the OSCE Academy and the Eurasia Foundation, with the support of the OSCE Centre...
OSCE Baku Office trains law enforcement agencies on freedom of assembly issues
Publishing date: 6 September 2005
BAKU, 6 September 2005- Over 50 representatives of Azerbaijani law enforcement agencies today completed one-week training programme on correct police conduct during public demonstrations and received certificates of recognition from the OSCE Office...