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OSCE Chairman-in-Office expresses condolences on deaths of Russian servicemen

Publishing date: 21 August 2002
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Assistance Group to Chechnya (closed)
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
LISBON, 21 August 2002- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Portuguese Foreign Minister Antonio Martins da Cruz, has expressed condolences to the Russian Foreign Minister, Igor Ivanov, over the deaths of Russian servicemen in Chechnya on Monday, 19 August...

OSCE-supervised melange project in Georgia successfully concluded

Publishing date: 16 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Arms control, Democratization, Conflict prevention and resolution, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
TBILISI, 16 August 2002- The Melange project, an OSCE-supervised project aimed at producing fertilizer from highly explosive missile fuel in Georgia, has been successfully concluded. "The international co-operation of German experts with local...

First anniversary of Ohrid Agreement reflects year of progress in former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Publishing date: 14 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Border management, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Countering terrorism, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
VIENNA, 13 August, 2002- The OSCE Chairmanship notes the first anniversary of the signing of the Ohrid Framework Agreement, which put an end to the conflict in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Its subsequent implementation...

OSCE Chairman-in-Office expresses serious concern at increased tension between Georgia and Russian Federation

Publishing date: 2 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Border management, Conflict prevention and resolution, Countering terrorism, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
VIENNA, 2 August 2002- The Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Portuguese Foreign Minister Antonio Martins da Cruz, has expressed his serious concern over the current escalation of tension...

Weapons into water: OSCE repairs irrigation channel in exchange for handing in of small arms in Georgian conflict zone

Publishing date: 29 July 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Arms control, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
TBILISI, 29 July 2002- Repair works on a 40-kilometre irrigation channel system that runs through Georgian and Ossetian villages in the conflict zone are well underway. The repairs are an unusual form of compensation for co-operation...

Bosnia High Representative urges OSCE to take lead on education

Publishing date: 4 July 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
VIENNA, 4 July 2002- Lord Ashdown, High Representative and European Union Special Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, described the crisis in education as the biggest long-term threat to the country's security and stability on...

New Yugoslav law on security services important step in improving democratic control over armed forces

Publishing date: 3 July 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
BELGRADE, 3 July 2002- The adoption of the Law on Security Services by the Parliament of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) on 2 July is an important step forward in the process of establishing democratic control over the armed...