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OSCE Chairman is deeply concerned about 'worrying new development' in Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone

Publishing date: 2 July 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
MADRID, 2 July 2007- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, expressed his deep concern today over the continuing increase in tension in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict.

OSCE Chairman expresses condolences after two Norwegian military experts killed in Tajikistan

Publishing date: 22 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Forum for Security Co-operation, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Arms control, Democratization, Conflict prevention and resolution
MADRID, 22 June 2007- The OSCE Chairman Miguel Angel Moratinos expressed his deep condolences today to the families of two Norwegian military officers who died after being hit by a vehicle in Tajikistan...

OSCE representative calls Swiss initiative to ban minarets unfortunate

Publishing date: 21 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
ANKARA, 21 June 2007- Ambassador Omur Orhun, the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman on Combating Intolerance and Discrimination against Muslims, expressed today deep concern about a petition that aims to force Switzerland...

OSCE Chairman welcomes arrest of Vlastimir Djordjevic, war crimes indictee

Publishing date: 18 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Montenegro, OSCE Mission to Serbia
MADRID, 18 June 2007- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, welcomed today the arrest of war crimes indictee Vlastimir Djordjevic in Montenegro...

OSCE Chairman issues statement after CFE Treaty Conference ends in Vienna

Publishing date: 15 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Newsroom
What we do: Arms control
MADRID, 15 June 2007- Following the conclusion of the Extraordinary CFE Conference in Vienna today, the OSCE Chairman, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, called on the States Parties to the Treaty to overcome existing differences...

Education, data collection and monitoring key tools in OSCE countries' fight against discrimination

Publishing date: 8 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Education, National minority issues, Tolerance and non-discrimination
BUCHAREST, 8 June 2007- Legislation, law enforcement, research and monitoring as well as education and a constructive public discourse are important tools all OSCE countries should use to combat discrimination...

OSCE States must do more to promote tolerance, Chairman tells high-level meeting

Publishing date: 7 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
BUCHAREST, 7 June 2007- Intolerance and discrimination could threaten global security, and the OSCE's participating States need to strengthen efforts to avert this threat, the OSCE's Chairman-in-Office Miguel Angel Moratinos said today.