News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission assists Georgia in police reform
Publishing date: 2 September 2005
TBILISI, 2 September 2005- A team of OSCE police experts today met officials of the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs to discuss short-term measures for the ongoing police reform in the country...
OSCE Mission to help train staff for new prison in western Georgia
Publishing date: 1 September 2005
TBILISI, 1 September 2005- The OSCE Mission in Georgia tomorrow begins a training course to assist the country's Ministry of Justice in establishing professional standards of penitentiary management in a new prison in Kutaisi...
OSCE Mission to Skopje promotes road safety for children
Publishing date: 31 August 2005
SKOPJE, 31 Aug 2005- Thirty-four traffic police officers today completed training on teaching road safety to children as part of the Children's Road Safety component of the "Road Safety for All" project.
OSCE Project Co-ordinator and partners help Ukraine draft new action plan to fight human trafficking
Publishing date: 8 July 2005
KYIV, 8 July 2005- Drafting a national comprehensive programme to combat human trafficking is the focus of a three-day seminar which began today in Kyiv. Co-organized by the OSCE, it brings together representatives of state authorities, including law...
Ukrainian Eurovision winner Ruslana to back OSCE anti-trafficking campaign
Publishing date: 5 July 2005
KYIV, 5 July 2005- Ukrainian singer Ruslana, the winner of the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest, agreed to support the campaign against human trafficking at a meeting in Kyiv with Helga Konrad, the OSCE Special Representative on Combating Trafficking...
OSCE Special Representative supports establishing Ukranian co-ordinator to fight trafficking in human beings
Publishing date: 4 July 2005
KYIV, 4 July 2005- The OSCE Special Representative on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Helga Konrad, today supported the appointment of a national co-ordinator in Ukraine to fight human trafficking...
OSCE anti-terrorism unit organizes regional travel document workshop in Sofia
Publishing date: 1 July 2005
SOFIA, 1 July 2005- International standards in travel document handling and ways to improve existing practices in the region were the focus of an OSCE-organized workshop held in Sofia on 29 and 30 June...