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OSCE Centre in Bishkek holds events to help Kyrgyzstan combat corruption

BISHKEK, 9 December 2010 – The OSCE Centre in Bishkek today launched an anti-corruption campaign that comprises a film, posters and information banners – and hot beverages – to encourage all stakeholders to do their part to fight corruption…

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OSCE Mission and Union of Municipalities of Montenegro award innovative local governments

PODGORICA, 9 December 2010 – Local governments using innovative and successful practices will be awarded at a ceremony on Friday that is part of the OSCE-supported Best Practices Programme…

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OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje community policing survey shows improvements

SKOPJE, 9 December 2010 – A new survey on community policing, conducted by the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje, shows improvements and positive trends, the Head of the Mission, Ambassador Jose Luis Herrero, said today…

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OSCE Special Representative calls for recognition of trafficking in human beings as massive-scale problem in new report

VIENNA, 9 December – The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, called on countries to change their perception considering human trafficking as a marginal phenomenon…

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OSCE and UN OHCHR in Kosovo mark International Human Rights Day

PRISHTINE/PRISTINA, 9 December 2010 – On the occasion of the International Human Rights Day the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo and the Head of the Office in Kosovo for the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights said…

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Ahead of Human Rights Day, OSCE human rights chief, UN Special Rapporteur call for removing undue restrictions on religious freedom

VIENNA, 9 December 2010 – Janez Lenarcic, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), and Heiner Bielefeldt, the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, today called…

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OSCE-supported meeting in Central Asia focuses on countering incitement to terrorism

TASHKENT, 9 December 2010 – Counter-terrorism experts from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan are discussing how to best counter incitement to terrorism and violent extremism at an OSCE-supported regional seminar that began…

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Promoting effective customs system in Armenia to be discussed at OSCE-supported event

YEREVAN, 9 December 2010 – Ways to address challenges in customs systems will be the theme of a conference held by the Customs Brokers’ Association with the support of the OSCE Office in Yerevan tomorrow…

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OSCE hosts national workshop in Yerevan on enhancing cyber-security

YEREVAN, 8 December 2010 – A national expert workshop on combating terrorist use of the Internet and comprehensively enhancing cyber-security, organized by the OSCE Action against Terrorism Unit (ATU) in co-operation with the OSCE Office in Yerevan…

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OSCE Centre in Astana promotes social accountability in extractive industries

KAGARANDA, Kazakhstan, 8 December 2010 -Representatives of local administrations, the business community and non-governmental organizations are learning about corporate social accountability and good governance in mining industries at an OSCE…

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Better international co-operation is needed to protect rights defenders, participants say at OSCE/ODIHR-hosted meeting

WARSAW, 8 December 2010 – Ahead of the International Human Rights Day on Friday, participants at an international meeting hosted by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today called for better…

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OSCE promotes public-private partnerships in South-Eastern Europe to counter terrorist financing and radicalization

SARAJEVO, 8 December 2010 – Experts from governments and the private sector in South-Eastern Europe are discussing how to best combat terrorist financing and radicalization that lead to terrorism at an OSCE-organized workshop that began in Sarajevo…

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OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina announces winners in school competition on national minorities

SARAJEVO, 8 December 2010 – Three schools received valuable prizes today as the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina announced winners of the a nationwide school competition in which participants shared their views on national minorities…

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OSCE Office in Minsk promotes agro-ecotourism in Belarus

MINSK, 7 December 2010 – An agro-ecotourism centre set up with the support of the OSCE Office in Minsk was opened in Minsk today…