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OSCE and Kyrgyzstan sign agreement on implementing first major police assistance programme in Central Asia

Publishing date: 7 August 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Countering terrorism, Policing
BISHKEK, 7 August 2003- The Kyrgyz Government has signed a key agreement today with the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, launching a comprehensive OSCE police assistance programme aimed at establishing community policing, improving the quality of criminal...

OSCE's "unique police-training expertise" fulfils its role in former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Publishing date: 30 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Countering terrorism, National minority issues, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector, Roma and Sinti
SKOPJE, 30 July 2003- With the graduation today of 350 multi-ethnic police cadets at the Idrizovo Police Academy in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the OSCE has completed a key part of the task entrusted to it under the Ohrid agreement...

OSCE and Armenia sign agreement on implementing major Police Assistance Programme

Publishing date: 29 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Countering terrorism, Policing
YEREVAN, 29 July 2003- A Memorandum of Understanding launching a major OSCE Police Assistance Programme in Armenia was signed today between the Armenian Police Service and the OSCE Office in Yerevan. The signing ceremony comes after a visit in June...

Council of Europe Secretary General highlights human trafficking in OSCE address

Publishing date: 24 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Partnerships
What we do: Countering terrorism
VIENNA, 24 July 2003- The Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Walter Schwimmer, today stressed the need for co-ordinated and decisive action by European institutions in consolidating democracy and the rule of law...

OSCE adopts Action Plan to combat human trafficking

Publishing date: 24 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights, Countering terrorism, National minority issues
VIENNA, 24 July 2003- The OSCE Permanent Council today adopted an Action Plan to Combat Trafficking in Human Beings which envisages new measures against this modern form of slavery at national and international level. The OSCE's 55 participating...

OSCE Chairman-in-Office says continued dialogue needed in Central Asia

Publishing date: 17 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Border management, Human rights, Countering terrorism, Media freedom and development
THE HAGUE, 17 July 2003- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Netherlands Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, returned from a five-day visit to Central Asia convinced that there is no alternative to continued dialogue with the Central Asian...

OSCE CiO condemns bomb attacks in Moscow

Publishing date: 7 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Human rights, Countering terrorism
ALMATY, 7 July 2003- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Netherlands Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, today condemned weekend suicide bomb attacks at a rock concert in Moscow. "I utterly deplore the attacks in Moscow on Saturday which cost...