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OSCE Ashgabad workshop discusses transparency in military issues

Publishing date: 4 September 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
ASHGABAD, 4 September 2003- A two-day workshop on promoting the ideas of the Confidence- and Security Building Measures (CSBM), as pioneered by the OSCE, has concluded in the Turkmen capital, Ashgabad. The workshop was aimed at promoting...

OSCE Chairman-in-Office addresses U.S. Congressional Commission

Publishing date: 4 September 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Border management, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Countering terrorism, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
WASHINGTON, 4 September 2003- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Netherlands Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, discussed terrorism, human rights and regional security issues in the OSCE area in an address to members of the United States Congress...

OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President calls on OSCE to reassert its role in enlarging Europe

Publishing date: 3 September 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
VIENNA, 3 September 2003- The President of the OSCE's Parliamentary Assembly, Bruce George, today called upon the OSCE to reassert its importance in the face of the enlargement process of the European Union and NATO...

OSCE Head of Mission to visit southern Serbia

Publishing date: 2 September 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, National minority issues, Policing
BELGRADE, 2 September 2003- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, Ambassador Maurizio Massari, will tomorrow visit southern Serbia to reaffirm the Mission's support and commitment to the multi-ethnic constituency. Last week...

OSCE Mission helps train Armenian judges in new Criminal Code

Publishing date: 25 August 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
YEREVAN, 25 August 2003- Judges from all levels of the Armenian court system have been given training, jointly organized by the OSCE Office in Yerevan, to improve their understanding of the new Criminal Code, which came into force on 1 August...

OSCE Representative describes shooting incident on Armenia, Azerbaijan border

Publishing date: 22 August 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on the conflict dealt with by the OSCE Minsk Conference
What we do: Border management, Conflict prevention and resolution
TBILISI, 22 August 2003- Following an incident on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan on 19 August, the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office issued the following statement on Friday: On 19 August 2003, a monitoring of...

Peacekeepers begin withdrawal of armoured vehicles in Moldova

Publishing date: 14 August 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Arms control, Conflict prevention and resolution, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
CHISINAU, 14 August 2003- Moldovan and Transdniestrian military forces today took their first demilitarization steps in many years by together withdrawing 37 armoured vehicles from the Security Zone, the area separating the two sides since the...