OSCE Centre in Astana

The Centre in Astana was established as the Centre in Almaty in 1998. It promotes the implementation of OSCE principles and commitments; facilitates contacts and exchanges of information, and provides assistance to the Government of Kazakhstan.

OSCE promotes democratic policing in Central Asia

ALMATY, 13 November 2008 - Assisting OSCE participating States in Central Asia to put the Organization's guidelines on democratic policing into practice is the focus of a roundtable discussion that opened in Almaty today...

OSCE Centre supports discussion to improve oil spill response strategies in the Caspian

AKTAU, Kazakhstan, 29 October 2008 - Increasing the national capacity to respond to oil spills in the Caspian Sea region is the topic of a three-day workshop that started in the western oil port city of Aktau today...

Rocket fuel disposal: confronting a critical environmental security risk

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, large amounts of rocket fuel were left on the territories of the former republics. The OSCE is helping to address the security and environmental threat posed by the toxic chemicals and their ageing storage tanks.

A view of Astana looking towards the Presidential Palace on 10 April 2007. (OSCE/Susanna Loof)

• OSCE Centre in Astana
• 10 Beibitshilik
• 010000 Astana
• Kazakhstan
• Tel: +7 (7172) 326804
• +7 (7172) 321940
• Fax: +7 (7172) 328304
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• Liaison Office in Almaty
• 67 Tole Bi Street, 2nd Floor
• 050000 Almaty
• Kazakhstan
• Tel: +7 (7272) 79 37 62
• Fax: +7 (7272) 79 43 88
• Send E-mail