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OSCE Centre promotes discussion on democratic principles of the electoral process in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 7 July 2006
VARZOB, Tajikistan, 7 July 2006- Democratic principles of electoral processes were discussed today at a meeting organized by the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe in co-operation with the National Association of Political Scientists of Tajikistan. Participants...
OSCE Centre, Tajik Interior Ministry open facility to store and destroy small arms and light weapons
Publishing date: 22 June 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Arms control
DUSHANBE, 22 June 2006- The OSCE Centre in Dushanbe and the Tajik Interior Ministry today opened a storage and destruction facility for small arms and light weapons (SALW) in Dushanbe. Located at...
OSCE and UN hold roundtable on prison conditions in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 1 June 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
DUSHANBE, 1 June 2006- How to improve conditions at detention facilities in Tajikistan was the theme of a roundtable organized by the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe and the United Nations Office of Peace-building in Tajikistan...
OSCE Centre supports meeting on crisis centres in Tajikistan for women victims of violence
Publishing date: 24 May 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Gender equality
KHUJAND, Tajikistan, 24 May 2006- Representatives of the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe, local authorities, international experts and civil society met today to discuss the work of crisis centres and shelters in remedying and preventing violence against women..
OSCE Centre promotes discussion on independence of the judiciary in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 5 May 2006
DUSHANBE, 5 May 2006- Independence of the judiciary in Tajikistan and compliance with international standards and OSCE commitments were the focus of today's meeting organized by the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe and the National Association of...
OSCE Chairman expresses condolences after French expert dies in landmine accident in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 20 April 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Arms control
BRUSSELS, 20 April 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, expressed his condolences to the family of a French expert who was killed when a landmine exploded in Tajikistan on 19 April...
Boost for mine detection in Tajikistan- OSCE, UN open dog training centre
Publishing date: 4 April 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Arms control
DUSHANBE, 4 April 2006- A new centre for training dogs that will help detect landmines opened today in Rudaki, in the barracks of an Engineering Battalion of the Tajik Defence Ministry, some 15 km from the capital Dushanbe. It will have...