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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...

International community in Skopje welcomes results of weapons collection programme

Publishing date: 16 December 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
SKOPJE, 16 December 2003- The Skopje-based representatives of the OSCE, the EU, NATO and the U.S. welcomed the results of the Weapons Collection Programme announced today. A joint statement by the Head of the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to...

OSCE document foresees action against risks of ammunition stockpiles

Publishing date: 1 December 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Summits / Ministerial Councils, Permanent Council, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Countering terrorism, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
MAASTRICHT, 1 December 2003- The Foreign Ministers of the 55 OSCE states today endorsed a new OSCE Document dealing with risks arising from surplus stockpiles of conventional ammunition, explosive material and detonating devices. The OSCE Document...