News and press releases

News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.

First minority police officers graduate from police training school

Publishing date: 19 December 2001

Content type: Press release

What we do: Policing

SKOPJE, 19 December 2001- The first class of police officers recruited from the non-majority parts of the population has graduated from the Police Training School in Idrizovo, near Skopje, in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia...

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First meeting of the Economic and Environmental Sub-Committee of the Permanent Council

Publishing date: 19 December 2001

Content type: Press release

Where we are: Permanent Council

Vienna, 19 December 2001-- The first meeting of the Economic and Environmental Sub-Committee of the Permanent Council, established by the Ministerial Council in Bucharest, was convened today in Vienna...

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Bishkek Conference on prevention and countering of terrorism concludes with adoption of Action Programme

Publishing date: 14 December 2001

Content type: Press release

Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan

What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues

BISHKEK, 14 December 2001- The Bishkek International Conference, organized by the OSCE and the UN ODCCP concluded today with the adoption of a Declaration and a Programme of Action

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Permanent Council agrees to expand OSCE border monitoring operation in Georgia

Publishing date: 14 December 2001

Content type: Press release

Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)

What we do: Border management

VIENNA, 14 December 2001- The OSCE's Permanent Council agreed yesterday to an expansion of the two-year-old border monitoring operation run by the Organization's Mission to Georgia...

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OSCE Ministerial Council adopts statement on regional issues

Publishing date: 4 December 2001

Content type: Press release

Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship

What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution

BUCHAREST, 4 December 2001- Security and stability in Central Asia, the situation regarding Nagorno-Karabakh and this year's developments in Georgia, Moldova and south-eastern Europe are in the focus of a statement adopted today...

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OSCE should address root causes of terrorism that are exploited by extremist ideologies

Publishing date: 3 December 2001

Content type: Press release

Where we are: Summits / Ministerial Councils

What we do: Arms control, Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Border management, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector, Roma and Sinti

BUCHAREST, 3 December 2001- In his opening address to the OSCE Ministerial Council, which began in Bucharest today, the current Chairman-in-Office, Romania's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mircea Dan Geoana, issued a strong call...