News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Gender Adviser, in Kazakhstan, says women’s rights essential for lasting security
Publishing date: 16 May 2012
ASTANA, 16 May 2012- Miroslava Beham, OSCE Senior Adviser on Gender Issues, started today her visit to Kazakhstan during which she will discuss gender issues and exchange experiences with Kazakhstani officials, civil society, academics and journalists...
OSCE Centre in Astana promotes international standards in cross-border trade within Customs Union
Publishing date: 14 May 2012
ASTANA, 14 May 2012 – Facilitating cross-border trade and transport operations within the Customs Union comprised of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia is the subject of a regional seminar that started in Astana today.юю
OSCE trains non-financial entities in preventing money laundering, financing terrorism
Publishing date: 3 May 2012
ASTANA, 3 May 2012 – An OSCE training course on anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) for Kazakhstani non-financial businesses and professions has taken place today in Astana...
OSCE Centre supports dialogue on Kazakhstan’s population registration legislation
Publishing date: 3 May 2012
ASTANA, 3 May 2012 – The challenges of developing a modern national population registration system were discussed today at a roundtable meeting jointly organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana and the Fund for the Development of Parliamentarism in Kazakhstan...
Head of OSCE Centre meets authorities, opens anti-human trafficking event in western Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 23 April 2012
AKTAU, Kazakhstan, 23 April 2012- The Head of the OSCE Centre in Astana Ambassador Natalia Zarudna, in Aktau on Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea coast today, met with local authorities and civil society representatives and opened a workshop on preventing human trafficking among vulnerable groups in Kazakhstan’s regions...
OSCE Centre trains Kazakh-language journalists on new media tools
Publishing date: 20 April 2012
The first of four training courses on using the Internet and new media tools for Kazakh-language journalists began on 20 April, 2012 in Shymkent in southern Kazakhstan...
