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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre in Almaty and Eurasia Foundation announce cross-border initiative between Kazakhstan and Russia
Publishing date: 20 May 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Democratization, Border management
ALMATY, 20 May 2003- A new cross-border initiative aimed at expanding opportunities for small and medium-sized businesses was announced today. The initiative seeks to ease trade restrictions across the Kazakhstani-Russian border...
OSCE CiO urges all parties to keep momentum in solving Transdniestrian issue
Publishing date: 3 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova
CHISINAU, 3 April 2003- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Netherlands Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, urged President Vladimir Voronin and Foreign Minister Nicolae Dudau of Moldova and the Transdniestrian leader Igor Smirnov to keep the...
OSCE Chairman's Central Asia Envoy Ahtisaari encourages Tajikistan to pursue democratization
Publishing date: 25 March 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
DUSHANBE, 25 March 2003- The Personal Envoy for Central Asia of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CiO), former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari, encouraged Tajikistan's President Emomali Rahmonov to continue with the valuable efforts...
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
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...
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...
The Netherlands takes over OSCE Chairmanship
Publishing date: 7 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Troika, Permanent Council
What we do: Arms control, Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Border management, 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/THE HAGUE, 7 January 2003- The Netherlands will make the fight against trafficking in human beings, weapons and drugs a key focus of its Chairmanship of the OSCE, which began on 1 January. "The Netherlands has decided to focus attention...
OSCE's role will be recast to meet new threats to security
Publishing date: 6 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Summits / Ministerial Councils
PORTO, 6 December 2002- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Portugal's Foreign Minister Antonio Martins da Cruz, called today for the adoption of a Charter on Preventing and Combating Terrorism to reaffirm the Organization's strong commitment in this area...