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OSCE States urged to stimulate conditions to reap benefits of globalization

Publishing date: 4 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Democratization
VIENNA, 4 July 2003- The first OSCE conference on the effects of globalization ended today in Vienna with calls by participants for the Organization and its participating States to further develop good governance and democratic institutions...

OSCE inaugurates Annual Security Review Conference in Vienna

Publishing date: 25 June 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Conflict prevention and resolution, Countering terrorism, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
VIENNA, 25 June 2003- Opening the OSCE's first-ever Annual Security Review Conference, Ambassador Daan Everts, Head of the OSCE Task Force of the Netherlands Chairmanship, called for the meeting to produce practical tasks and recommendations...

OSCE meeting in Ukraine discusses democratic control of armed forces by civil society

Publishing date: 17 June 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Arms control, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
KYIV, 17 June 2003- Improving the integration of armed forces into civil society and strengthening parliamentary oversight of the army, police and security forces were on top of the agenda of a two-day OSCE workshop which ended in Kyiv, Ukraine today...

OSCE Envoy urges focus on dialogue and NGOs in Central Asia

Publishing date: 11 June 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Democratization, Economic activities, Environmental activities, Human rights
VIENNA, 11 June 2003- Former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari, who is Personal Envoy of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office for Central Asia, on Wednesday stressed the importance of strengthening civil society and regional co-operation in helping...

OSCE says reports it is investigating alleged Belarusian arms sales to Iraq are incorrect

Publishing date: 10 June 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
VIENNA/THE HAGUE, 10 June 2003- The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) spokesperson said on Tuesday that, contrary to recent press reports, the Organization was not investigating alleged sales...

Chair-in-Office De Hoop Scheffer to address 12th OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Annual Session in Rotterdam

Publishing date: 3 June 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, OSCE Secretariat
COPENHAGEN, 3 June 2003- From 5 to 9 July 2003 more than three hundred parliamentarians from the 55 OSCE participating States will gather on the premises of the Doelen Center in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, for the Twelfth Annual Session...

Prague Economic Forum ends with concrete anti-trafficking measures recommended to OSCE States

Publishing date: 23 May 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
PRAGUE, 23 May 2003- Stronger involvement of the business community and the establishment of an international network of anti-trafficking non-governmental organizations, brokered by the OSCE, are among the key recommendations discussed at the...