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Cutting of first T 55 tank marks beginning of implementation of Montenegro Demilitarization Programme

Publishing date: 3 July 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Montenegro
What we do: Arms control, Conflict prevention and resolution, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
PODGORICA, 3 July, 2007- The main gun barrel of the first of 61 surplus T 55 tanks of the Montenegrin armed forces was cut today to mark the beginning of implementation of the Montenegro Demilitarization Programme (MONDEM).

Study on deforestation in Armenia made public with OSCE Office support

Publishing date: 27 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Environmental activities
YEREVAN, 27 June 2007- A study on deforestation in Armenia, prepared by the Economy and Values Research Centre with financial support from the British Embassy, was made public today with the support of the OSCE Office in Yerevan...

OSCE Kosovo Mission encourages legal recognition of all ethnic communities, says Ambassador

Publishing date: 25 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Roma and Sinti, Tolerance and non-discrimination
FERIZAJ/UROSEVAC, 25 June 2007- Ambassador Werner Wnendt, the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, called today for a stronger commitment by Kosovo's Provisional Institutional of Self-Government (PISG) central and municipal authorities...

Polling in second round of Moldova's local elections slightly improved, but serious shortcomings remain

Publishing date: 18 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
CHISINAU, 18 June 2007- Election Day procedures during yesterday's second round of local elections in Moldova showed marginal procedural improvements over the first round on 3 June, concluded an international election observation mission deployed by...

OSCE Centre supports public monitoring of pre-trial detention centres in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 8 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
ALMATY, 8 June 2007- Public oversight and preventing torture in pre-trial detention centers and prisons in Kazakhstan were discussed at a meeting in Almaty today...

OSCE Mission, UNHCR call for full integration of refugees who want to stay in Serbia

Publishing date: 6 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
BELGRADE, 6 June 2007- A discussion held in the southern Serbian city of Nis today concluded that refugees who want to stay in Serbia need to be allowed to fully integrate into Serbian society...

OSCE Mission Head calls for strengthening efforts to protect environment in Serbia

Publishing date: 5 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Environmental activities
BELGRADE, 5 June 2007- On the occasion of the World Environmental Day, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Hans Ola Urstad, drew attention to environmental hazards in Serbia and called on the authorities and the public to strengthen...