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OSCE, partners help Turkmenistan fight money laundering, financing of terrorism
Publishing date: 5 March 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Secretariat
ASHGABAD, 5 March 2008- Supporting the efforts of Turkmenistan to fight money laundering and the financing of terrorism was the aim of a workshop that ended in Ashgabad today...
OSCE Centre organizes seminar for women entrepreneurs in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 15 October 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Gender equality
ASHGABAD, 15 October 2007- Women entrepreneurs in Turkmenistan had the opportunity to learn from their Central Asian peers through an OSCE Centre-supported seminar held over the weekend in the southeastern Mary region...
OSCE Spanish Chairmanship announces Photo Contest
Publishing date: 13 February 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on the conflict dealt with by the OSCE Minsk Conference, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSCE Mission in Kosovo, OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed), OSCE Mission to Montenegro, OSCE Mission to Moldova, OSCE Mission to Serbia, OSCE Mission to Skopje, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed), OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed), OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed), OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, OSCE Office in Minsk (closed), OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Environmental activities
VIENNA, 13 February 2007- The Spanish OSCE Chairmanship today announced a photo contest under the theme "Land and water, protecting our fragile environment". The main prize...
OSCE Seminar discusses environmental and health risks from industries in Ferghana valley
Publishing date: 8 April 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Environmental activities
CORTONA, ITALY, 8 April 2005- Ways of evaluating the environmental and health risks from industrial installations in the Ferghana Valley were discussed at a seminar that ended today in Cortona. The five-day event, organized by the OSCE, assessed the...
OSCE Centre in Ashgabad organizes seminar on combating terrorism
Publishing date: 27 July 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism
ASHGABAD, 27 July 2004- A two-day OSCE seminar aimed at providing Turkmenistan's Government with up-to-date information on legal instruments as well as policies and activities of the international community in its global fight against terrorism...
OSCE Envoy urges focus on dialogue and NGOs in Central Asia
Publishing date: 11 June 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Democratization, Economic activities, Environmental activities, Human rights
VIENNA, 11 June 2003- Former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari, who is Personal Envoy of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office for Central Asia, on Wednesday stressed the importance of strengthening civil society and regional co-operation in helping...
Central Asian journalists adopt declaration on media freedom and corruption
Publishing date: 30 September 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws, Media pluralism
TASHKENT, 30 September 2002- The media should be free to play their fundamental role as society's watchdog against corruption, journalists from five Central Asian states said in a final declaration adopted at the end of an OSCE media conference...