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Veteran OSCE diplomat killed in road accident in Ukraine

Publishing date: 9 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
KYIV, 9 April 2003- Gizo Grdzelidze, Senior Project Officer in the Office of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine, was killed on Wednesday morning in an automobile accident near Kyiv. With him was Alexander Kryvenko, President of Public Radio...

UNHCR urges OSCE states to distinguish between human trafficking and smuggling

Publishing date: 8 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights, National minority issues
VIENNA, 8 April 2003- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Ruud Lubbers urged the OSCE's 55 participating States on Tuesday to recognise the distinction between human trafficking and smuggling and said many refugees and asylum...

OSCE welcomes Afghanistan as new Partner for Co-operation

Publishing date: 4 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council, OSCE Secretariat
VIENNA, 4 April 2003- The OSCE, the world's largest regional security organization, has agreed to establish formal links, under its Partner for Co-operation scheme, with the Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan, to assist that country meet...

OSCE's Skopje Mission co-hosts international workshop on travel documentation

Publishing date: 1 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Countering terrorism, Policing
SKOPJE, 1 April 2003- A three-day workshop in Ohrid will look at ways to control and identify fraudulent and counterfeit travel documentation, as well as the use of legal travel documents for illegal purposes, such as trafficking in human...

Baku workshop discusses combating money laundering and terrorism financing

Publishing date: 31 March 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Countering terrorism
BAKU, 31 March 2003- Participants at Azerbaijan's first National Workshop on Combating Money Laundering and Suppressing Financing of Terrorism agreed on the need for effective measures to fight against those crimes. The two-day event, which...

OSCE seminar identifies drugs trafficking as major threat to economic security

Publishing date: 17 March 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
TASHKENT, 17 March 2003- The impact of drugs trafficking on national and international economies and global security tops the agenda of an international seminar organized by the OSCE in Uzbekistan today and tomorrow. More than 150 experts

OSCE and UN secretaries general meet to discuss interoperability among key players in international crisis management

Publishing date: 7 March 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management, Conflict prevention and resolution, Countering terrorism
VIENNA, 7 March 2003- The OSCE Secretary General, Jan Kubis, accompanied the former President of Finland, Martti Ahtisaari, at a meeting with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, in New York on Thursday, to discuss the possibility...