News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on Tajikistan’s 2020 National Action Plan on Prevention of Violent Extremism held in Dushanbe
Publishing date: 2 August 2018
The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe facilitated plenary discussions on the implementation of Tajikistan’s 2020 National Strategy and Action Plan on Prevention of Violent Extremism on 27 July 2018 in Dushanbe...
Trade and customs officials discuss trade facilitation in Central Asia at OSCE-supported workshop in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 27 July 2018
Senior trade and customs officials from five Central Asian countries, Afghanistan, and their main trading partners – Russia and Turkey, received practical guidance on trade facilitation at a three-day annual training workshop on 26 July in Dushanbe. The event was jointly organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. The OSCE Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe hosted the workshop.
OSCE conducts regional meeting of heads of law enforcement departments for Central Asia in Dushanbe
Publishing date: 25 July 2018
The OSCE regional meeting of heads of law enforcement departments in Central Asia took place on 24-25 July 2018 in Dushanbe. The meeting was co-organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe and the Strategic Police Matters Unit of Transnational Threats Department of the OSCE Secretariat...
OSCE supports meetings to assist Tajikistan’s government in implementing UN Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004) on Non-proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction
Publishing date: 17 July 2018
The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe organized a series of awareness-raising discussions on requirements of UN Security Resolution 1540 and its implementation by Tajikistan.
OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe completes annual community resilience activities in Tajikistan’s Sughd region
Publishing date: 13 July 2018
The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe completed its activities aimed at building community resilience against terrorist radicalization and violent extremism at grassroots level in the Sughd region on 12 July 2018...
OSCE’s work in mine action and global efforts to address threat posed by land mines in focus at OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation
Publishing date: 4 July 2018
VIENNA, 4 July 2018 – With the number of people killed or injured globally by landmines having doubled in the last five years, today’s OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC) meeting in Vienna, held under Slovenia’s Chairmanship, focused on the threat posed by these “silent killers” and on the different approaches the OSCE is taking in affected states to address this challenge...
Political participation of persons with disabilities the focus of OSCE/ODIHR events in Dushanbe
Publishing date: 27 June 2018
Experts from ten countries across the OSCE region joined representatives of disabled people’s organizations (DPOs) at two events in Dushanbe on 26 and 27 June 2018 to exchange information and opinions on recent developments in the field of disability rights and share experiences on the inclusion of