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OSCE media freedom watchdog calls for amendments to the media law in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 28 September 2005
Content type: Press release
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws
VIENNA, 28 September 2005- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, has sent a legal review of the draft media law of Kazakhstan to the Congress of Journalists of this Central Asian Republic.
OSCE helps Kazakhstan develop national action plan on combating human trafficking
Publishing date: 21 September 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
ASTANA, 21 September 2005- Developing a national action plan to combat human trafficking in Kazakhstan was the focus of an OSCE-organized meeting which brought together representatives of different ministries, as well as...
OSCE Centre helps Kazakhstan prepare for ratification of pollution control protocol
Publishing date: 6 September 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
ALMATY, 6 September 2005- A set of recommendations to assist Kazakhstan to ratify the Kyiv Protocol on pollutant release and transfer registers was offered at a meeting of government officials, experts and civil society representatives...
OSCE Centre supports Kazakhstan's efforts to join pollution control protocol
Publishing date: 26 August 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
ALMATY, 26 August 2005- Kazakhstan's technical and legislative capacities to accede to the Kyiv Protocol on pollutant release will be assessed at a meeting of government officials, national and international experts and civil society representatives...
OSCE Centre holds environmental summer camp for young people in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 11 July 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
ALMATY, 11 July 2005- Young people from several villages near the former nuclear test site of Semipalatinsk are participating in a ten-day summer camp organized by the OSCE Centre in Almaty to learn about radiation safety and environmental issues...
OSCE Centre assists Kazakhstan in combating money-laundering and financing of terrorism
Publishing date: 24 June 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
ALMATY, 24 June 2005- Building a legal framework and institutional structure to combat money-laundering and the financing of terrorism was the aim of a study visit to Italy by a group of experts from Kazakhstan from 20 to 24 June...
Kazakhstani prosecutors discuss fighting corruption at OSCE seminar
Publishing date: 27 May 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Democratization, Economic activities
ALMATY, 27 May 2005- District prosecutors from Kazakhstan's various regions today discussed measures against corruption at a seminar organized by the OSCE Centre in Almaty and the Institute of Prosecutors' Training. Latest international instruments...