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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...

EBRD President urges OSCE participating States to support small business

Publishing date: 6 March 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council, OSCE Secretariat
VIENNA, 6 March 2003- The President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Jean Lemierre, urged OSCE participating States on Thursday to support small business, improve energy efficiency and encourage regional trade to...

OSCE seminar in Greece focuses on trafficking in human beings

Publishing date: 17 February 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Economic activities, Environmental activities, Human rights
IOANNINA, Greece, 17 February 2003- "Slaves of the 21st Century." That is how Marcin Swiecicki, Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, described victims of the trafficking of human beings for cheap labour and for the sex...

OSCE Newsletter now online: Netherlands Chair to focus on human security

Publishing date: 16 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Economic activities, Border management, Environmental activities, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections, Countering terrorism, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector, Roma and Sinti
VIENNA, 16 January 2003- An interview with the new Chairman-in-Office, Dutch Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, is the lead item in the latest issue of the OSCE Newsletter, now available online. The Newsletter also focuses on...

Democracy, good governance are key to maintaining stability, OSCE CiO says

Publishing date: 13 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council, OSCE Secretariat
VIENNA, 13 January 2003- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, the Netherlands Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, said on Monday that strict adherence to the principles of good governance and democracy will help to protect...

Kosovo police need popular support, says OSCE

Publishing date: 16 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
PRISTINA, 16 December 2002- OSCE's Senior Police Adviser, Richard Monk, has told Kosovo's new team of police officers that they can do a proper job only with the support of the people of Kosovo and that this will require the...

OSCE Bishkek workshop reviews democratic control of armed forces

Publishing date: 26 November 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
BISHKEK, 26 November 2002- The first of a series of Central Asian workshops on politico-military aspects of security ended in the Kyrgyz capital Bishek today. Opening the two-day meeting, Askar Aitmatov, Minister of Foreign Affairs...