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Terrorist use of explosives in focus of OSCE discussion in Armenia
Publishing date: 14 October 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Countering terrorism
YEREVAN, 15 October 2013 – A roundtable meeting on hindering terrorists’ access to explosives through better control over the substances took place in Yerevan today with OSCE support...
OSCE Secretary General meets Italian Foreign Minister Bonino, discusses Italian EU Presidency, security in Mediterranean
Publishing date: 14 October 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General
OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier met Italian Foreign Minister Emma Bonino, Deputy Foreign Minister Marta Dassù, Secretary General Michele Valensise and Political Affairs Director Sandro de Bernardin during an official visit to Rome on 14 October 2013.
OSCE Mission Head condemns attack against North Mitrovica municipal assembly candidate
Publishing date: 14 October 2013
Prishtinë/Priština, 14 October 2013 – Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo Ambassador Jean-Claude Schlumberger condemned today’s attack on the property of Nebojša Marić who is listed as a candidate for North Mitrovica/Mitrovicë municipal assembly...
OSCE Special Representative calls for business community to step up efforts to eliminate human trafficking
Publishing date: 14 October 2013
The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, called on global businesses to renew their commitment to stamp out human trafficking across the supply chain at a roundtable discussion hosted by the United Kingdom Foreign and Commonwealth Office on 10 October 2013...
OSCE PA Autumn Meeting begins with focus on transnational threats, challenges of the Mediterranean region and the crisis in Syria
Publishing date: 14 October 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
BUDVA, Montenegro, 14 October 2013 – Parliamentarians from across the OSCE area have gathered for the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's Autumn Meeting in Budva, where today they heard addresses from OSCE PA President Ranko Krivokapic and Milo Đukanovic, Prime Minister of Montenegro.
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office welcomes decision to award Nobel Peace Prize to Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
Publishing date: 12 October 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
TASHKENT, 11 October 2013 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Leonid Kozhara welcomed today a decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons for its contribution to reducing and eliminating the chemical weapons throughout the world...
OSCE Presence in Albania shares experiences on probation as alternative to custody, at international conference
Publishing date: 11 October 2013