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OSCE Magazine highlights Kosovo, BiH education reform and Russian role in OSCE

Publishing date: 6 May 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: 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, 6 May 2004- The impact of recent events in Kosovo on the OSCE's work, the relationship between Russia and the Organization, and a special report on education reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina are among the highlights of the Magazine's May issue...

OSCE Chairman urges Batumi to resume negotiations with Georgian leadership

Publishing date: 5 May 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
WASHINGTON, D.C., 5 May 2004- OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, has expressed his deepest concern over the recent developments in Ajara. He stressed the importance of maintaining the territorial integrity and national...

OSCE, Swiss mine expert group launch second phase of Tajikistan mine action project

Publishing date: 9 April 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
DUSHANBE, 9 April 2004- The second part of a project to save Tajikistan from its bitter civil war legacy, landmines, was launched yesterday in the country's capital, Dushanbe. Under an agreement signed between the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe and the...

OSCE Chairman discusses regional issues, Chechnya with Russian Federation

Publishing date: 17 February 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
MOSCOW, 17 February 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, discussed the future of the OSCE and regional issues including Georgia and Moldova at a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov in Moscow on...

OSCE hosts first-ever international workshop on threat of shoulder-fired missiles to civil aviation

Publishing date: 23 January 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Countering terrorism, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
VIENNA, 23 January 2004- The growing threat that man-portable air defence systems (MANPADs) in the hands of terrorists pose against civil aviation topped the agenda of an international conference held jointly by the OSCE and the International Civil...

OSCE Chairman-in-Office pledges closer co-operation with NATO

Publishing date: 21 January 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Arms control, Democratization, Border management, Conflict prevention and resolution, Countering terrorism, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
BRUSSELS, 21 January 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, pledged to strengthen co-operation with NATO at a meeting with the Alliance's new Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer on Wednesday...

Andorran Foreign Minister urges OSCE States to pursue arms reduction through security forum

Publishing date: 21 January 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
What we do: Arms control, Countering terrorism, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
VIENNA, 21 January 2004- The Foreign Minister of Andorra, Juli Minoves, today urged OSCE participating States to focus on implementing the politico-military security decisions taken at the recent Ministerial Council in Maastricht...