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OSCE helps Cyprus destroy more than 300 surplus shoulder-launched missiles

Publishing date: 12 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
KALO CHORIO, Cyprus, 12 June 2009- A ceremony today marked the conclusion of the destruction of 324 surplus man-portable air-defence systems (MANPADS), conducted at the Kalo Chorio range with the support of the OSCE.

OSCE Centre helps Kyrgyz police learn about democratic methods to maintain public order

Publishing date: 12 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Policing
BISHKEK, 12 June 2009- About 250 Kyrgyz police officers will conclude a week-long OSCE-funded training course tomorrow that focused on how public order can be maintained with democratic methods.

Press release issued by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly

Publishing date: 11 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Democratization
VIENNA, 11 June 2009- The following is a press release issued by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly today. The views expressed in this press release do not necessarily reflect those of the OSCE Chairmanship, nor of all OSCE participating States...

OSCE-Japan Conference focuses on security challenges

Publishing date: 10 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Asian Partners for Co-operation, Partners for Co-operation
TOKYO, 10 June 2009- Participants in an OSCE-Japan conference starting in Tokyo today discussed how the 56 OSCE participating States and its Asian Partners for Co-operation can best co-operate to address global security challenges...

OSCE Chairperson expresses deep concern about deadly blast in Pakistan

Publishing date: 10 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Countering terrorism
OSLO, 10 June 2009- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis, said today she was deeply concerned by the deadly explosion last night in Peshawar, Pakistan, noting that it was a serious threat to the region's fragile...

Neglect of Europe's Roma not an option, OSCE's Roma adviser tells US Helsinki Commission

Publishing date: 9 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues, Roma and Sinti, Tolerance and non-discrimination
WASHINGTON, 9 June 2009- The recent wave of violence against Roma and Sinti makes clear that governments cannot afford to neglect the integration of Europe's largest minority population, Andrzej Mirga, the head of the OSCE Contact Point for Roma...

OSCE organizes workshop on international standards on sanctioning investigative measures for Armenian judges

Publishing date: 9 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
YEREVAN, 9 June 2009- A two-day training workshop that supported Armenian judges' efforts to adhere to European standards when they sanction operative and investigative measures ended today in Yerevan...