News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Office donates equipment to Tajik Border Troops
Publishing date: 2 June 2016
DUSHANBE, 2 June 2016 – The OSCE Office in Tajikistan today donated equipment to the Border Troops of Tajikistan’s State Committee for National Security that will be installed at border checkpoints in the newly-built terminal of Dushanbe International Airport to allow for advanced verification of passports...
OSCE trains Afghan border police officers and Tajik border troops on patrolling, leadership and operational planning
Publishing date: 1 June 2016
DUSHANBE, 1 June 2016 – Two training courses- a four-week course organized by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan for 19 Afghan border police officers on patrolling and leadership, and a three-week joint operational planning course for ten Tajik border troops and ten Afghan border police officers- concluded today in Dushanbe...
OSCE Office in Tajikistan supports charity event for children with disabilities to mark International Children’s Day
Publishing date: 1 June 2016
To mark International Children’s Day on 1 June 2016, the OSCE Office in Tajikistan supported charity events for children with disabilities in Dushanbe and the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO)...
Annual human rights meeting in Tajikistan brings together government and civil society representatives
Publishing date: 30 May 2016
DUSHANBE, 30 May 2016- Some 90 participants, including government officials and civil society representatives, are coming together in Dushanbe today for a meeting organized by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan to discuss human rights issues specific to the country, ahead of the annual OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw...
Border Management Staff Course for Women Leaders concludes at OSCE Border Management Staff College
Publishing date: 27 May 2016
DUSHANBE, 27 May 2016 – A one-month Border Management Staff Course for Women Leaders concluded today at the OSCE Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe, which trained 25 female border officials representing ten OSCE participating States- Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Mongolia, Switzerland, Tajikistan, and Ukraine- and one OSCE Partner for Co-operation, Algeria...
OSCE Office in Tajikistan holds high-level dialogue on countering trafficking in human beings
Publishing date: 24 May 2016
DUSHANBE, 24 May 2016 – An OSCE-organized high-level dialogue on countering human trafficking today in Dushanbe brought together some 50 participants from state agencies, civil society organizations and the international community, as part of the Office’s support to the Inter-agency Commission on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings under Tajikistan’s Presidential Apparatus...
Female Border Officials from Afghanistan and Tajikistan attend OSCE-UNDP Border Management Awareness Course
Publishing date: 19 May 2016
DUSHANBE, 19 May 2016- Today seventeen female border professionals from Afghanistan and five border officials from Tajikistan graduated from a ten-day border management awareness course at the OSCE Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe, Tajikistan...