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Participants of OSCE conference in Dushanbe adopt statement on transit transport

Publishing date: 24 October 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Economic activities
DUSHANBE, 24 October 2007- The delegations of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Mongolia, participating in a conference on the prospects for trans-Asian and Eurasian transit transport development, adopted a joint statement today...

Trans-Asian transit transport development focus of OSCE Dushanbe conference

Publishing date: 23 October 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Economic activities
DUSHANBE, 23 October 2007- Prospects for trans-Asian and Eurasian transit transport development are being discussed at a two-day conference which opened in Dushanbe today...

Transboundary water co-operation and water management focus of Almaty meeting

Publishing date: 22 October 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Environmental activities
ALMATY, 22 October 2007- Issues relating to a decline in access to water and sanitation, as well as expanding co-operation between countries and stakeholders on shared waters, will be on the agenda of a workshop that opens in Almaty tomorrow...

OSCE Centre supports anti-trafficking seminar for orphaned girls in Tajikistan

Publishing date: 19 October 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
DUSHANBE, 19 October 2007- Teaching orphaned girls about the risks of human trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation and the recruitment methods used by traffickers are the aim of OSCE Centre-supported seminars in Dushanbe...

Conviction of assassinated journalist's son for "insulting Turkish identity" more proof Article 301 must be abolished, says OSCE media watchdog

Publishing date: 18 October 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Media freedom and development, Media laws
VIENNA, 18 October 2007- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media has called on Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to urgently repeal Article 301 of Turkey's Penal Code, which makes it an offence to "insult Turkish identity" and which...

Co-operation to avert environmental threats focus of OSCE Magazine

Publishing date: 17 October 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Environmental activities
VIENNA, 17 October 2007- Environmental hazards can wreak havoc on communities and spark cross-border conflict. The OSCE's concerted and co-operative action to counter these security threats is featured in the latest issue of the OSCE Magazine...

OSCE conference to focus on helping governments combat sexual exploitation of children

Publishing date: 16 October 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Economic activities, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Education
VIENNA, 16 October 2007- Prevention, protection of victims and co-ordination of efforts to tackle commercial sexual exploitation of children is the focus of a two-day OSCE conference that starts Thursday in Vienna...