News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre supports Kazakhstan to improve migration governance
Publishing date: 29 May 2008
ALMATY, 29 May 2008- How to improve labour migration management and policies in Kazakhstan as a destination country for migrants is the focus of a two-day international conference organized by the OSCE Centre that started in Almaty today...
OSCE promotes monitoring of women's rights in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 8 February 2008
ALMATY, 8 February 2008- The methodologies used to monitor women's rights were the focus of a workshop, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights and the OSCE Centre in Astana, that ended in Almaty today...
OSCE Centre in Astana promotes anti-trafficking standards and mechanisms
Publishing date: 10 December 2007
ASTANA, 10 December 2007- International standards and practices in the fight against trafficking in human beings, as well as relevant domestic laws and their implementation, are the focus of two regional seminars organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana...
OSCE Centre promotes gender equality in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 7 December 2007
ALMATY, 7 December 2007- Effective legislation and implementation mechanisms on equal rights and opportunities for women and men were the focus of a roundtable discussion in Almaty today organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana...
Central Asian landlocked countries implementing Almaty Programme of Action, need to further co-ordinate efforts
Publishing date: 27 July 2007
ALMATY, 27 July 2007- Landlocked countries in Central Asia have made good progress with regard to implementing the 2003 UN-endorsed Almaty Programme of Action, said participants at a meeting organized by the OSCE in Almaty today...
Interaction between customs services of Central Asia States needs to strengthen, say participants at OSCE Almaty conference
Publishing date: 26 July 2007
ALMATY, 26 July 2007- Countries in Central Asia need to strengthen governance and foster co-operation among their customs services, concluded participants at an OSCE-organized conference that ended in Almaty today...
OSCE Media Freedom Representative welcomes plans for press freedom improvements in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 21 April 2007
ALMATY, 21 April 2007- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, today welcomed Kazakhstan's Parliament's recent decision to add to its agenda a new draft media law written by four journalists' organizations...