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OSCE Mission to Serbia supports educational camp on environmental issues
Publishing date: 5 July 2013
Thanks to organizational and financial support from the OSCE Mission to Serbia, and in co-operation with the Vojvodina Environmental Movement, 16 youth leaders from high schools through southwest Serbia were able to take part in an educational camp on energy security and environmental democracy in the town of Sremski Karlovci 22-30 June...
OSCE Mission report shows need for more citizen participation in local decision-making in Montenegro
Publishing date: 5 July 2013
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro presented its 2012 annual report on fulfillment of good governance principles in local municipalities in Montenegro on 5 June 2013 in Podgorica...
Swiss and Serbian foreign ministers prepare to lead OSCE
Publishing date: 2 July 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
VIENNA, 2 July 2013 – The foreign minister of Switzerland and Serbia, Didier Burkhalter and Ivan Mrkić, outlined today the joint workplan of their consecutive Chairmanships of the OSCE in 2014 and 2015 at a special meeting of the Permanent Council in Vienna...
OSCE Chairperson calls on states to revitalize ‘culture of engagement’ at annual meeting of parliamentarians
Publishing date: 29 June 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
ISTANBUL, 29 June 2013 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara, speaking today at the 22nd Annual Session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, told parliamentarians from across the OSCE region that further efforts to strengthen trust and confidence among the states are needed...
24 items approved for Istanbul Agenda
Publishing date: 29 June 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
ISTANBUL, 29 June 2013 – The Standing Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly has approved 24 items for debate during the Annual Session ranging from the humanitarian crisis in Syria to freedom of religion in the OSCE region to climate change to intercountry adoption.
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities visits Serbia, discusses enhancing minority participation
Publishing date: 28 June 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: National minority issues
The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Knut Vollebaek, visited Serbia from 12 to 14 June 2013 to discuss national minority issues with representatives of central and local government and community leaders...
Project EXPLODE to enhance safety of BiH people by decreasing ammunition and weapons surpluses
Publishing date: 27 June 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
DOBOJ, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 27 June 2013- Explosive ordnance and remnants of war destruction (EXPLODE) project was officially launched today in Doboj...