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Regional travel documents security workshop held in Tashkent
TASHKENT 16 December 2004
TASHKENT, 16 December 2004 - Experts from the Border Guard, Interior and Foreign Ministries of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan took part in a workshop on travel document security in the Uzbek capital on 15 and 16 December.
The event, organized by the Government of Uzbekistan, the OSCE Action against Terrorism Unit and the OSCE Centre in Tashkent, focused on key issues of cross-border and regional co-operation and addressed regional concerns on terrorism, organized crime and trafficking in drugs and human beings.
Participants exchanged experience on detecting falsified, fraudulent or lost travel documents and security features built into travel documents and agreed on the need to enhance co-operation in areas such as training, sharing of information and technical needs.
The workshop was also attended by experts from Interpol, the International Organization for Migration, the Japan International Co-operation Agency, the Shanghai Co-operation Organization's Regional Anti-Terrorism Structure and the National Bureau of Documents of the Netherlands.
Representatives from Afghanistan, an OSCE partner for Co-operation, also participated in the event.
This was the second Central Asia Regional Co-operation Workshop on Travel Document Security.
The event, organized by the Government of Uzbekistan, the OSCE Action against Terrorism Unit and the OSCE Centre in Tashkent, focused on key issues of cross-border and regional co-operation and addressed regional concerns on terrorism, organized crime and trafficking in drugs and human beings.
Participants exchanged experience on detecting falsified, fraudulent or lost travel documents and security features built into travel documents and agreed on the need to enhance co-operation in areas such as training, sharing of information and technical needs.
The workshop was also attended by experts from Interpol, the International Organization for Migration, the Japan International Co-operation Agency, the Shanghai Co-operation Organization's Regional Anti-Terrorism Structure and the National Bureau of Documents of the Netherlands.
Representatives from Afghanistan, an OSCE partner for Co-operation, also participated in the event.
This was the second Central Asia Regional Co-operation Workshop on Travel Document Security.