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Women’s rights, police capacity building focus of OSCE workshop in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 16 March 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Gender equality, Policing
TASHKENT, 16 March 2011 – Building the capacity of national police personnel to protect women’s rights is the focus of a three-day OSCE-supported workshop that opened today in Tashkent...
OSCE provides equipment to improve national passport system in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 10 February 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Countering terrorism, Policing, Rule of law
TASHKENT, 10 February 2011 – In a ceremony held in Tashkent today the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan handed over to the representatives of Uzbekistan’s Interior and Foreign Ministries equipment to support the government's efforts to improve the national passport system and introduce biometric identity and travel documents...
Secure passports in focus at OSCE workshop in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 8 October 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Countering terrorism, Policing
TASHKENT, 8 October 2010- An OSCE-supported training course that studied what Uzbekistan needs to do to participate in an international technical platform designed to validate biometric data stored in electronic passports, concluded today in Tashkent...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan holds workshop on chemical precursor identification and investigation
Publishing date: 26 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Policing
TASHKENT, 26 June 2009- A four-day training course organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan on precursor identification and modern investigation techniques concluded in Tashkent today...
Co-operation in fight against terrorism theme of OSCE workshop in Tashkent
Publishing date: 29 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Countering terrorism, Policing
TASHKENT, 29 September 2008- Fostering co-operation among police and other agencies in Central Asia is the purpose of a regional OSCE workshop that started today in Tashkent...
Human trafficking, migrant smuggling in Central Asia threaten security and human rights, says OSCE official
Publishing date: 15 May 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Policing
TASHKENT, 15 May 2008- The need to distinguish between trafficking in human beings and human smuggling, and to tackle the crimes from both a security and human rights perspective, were emphasized at an OSCE workshop that concluded in Tashkent today...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan organizes course for Police Academy teachers
Publishing date: 10 September 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Democratization, Education, Policing, Rule of law
TASHKENT, 10 September 2007- A four-day training course for Police Academy teachers focusing on modern police education methodologies will begin tomorrow in Tashkent...