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OSCE ready to begin ammunition disposal at Colbasna

Publishing date: 15 April 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Arms control, Conflict prevention and resolution, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
CHISINAU, 15 April 2002- The OSCE Mission to Moldova has announced the arrival of a device for destroying old ammunition in the region. The so-called "Donovan" detonation chamber, which arrived on April 13, will be used at Colbasna to commence...

Collective security and sustainable peace ultimate goal of disarmament, concludes OSCE Paris seminar

Publishing date: 28 March 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Economic activities, Environmental activities, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
PARIS, 28 March 2002- The socio-economic impact generated by disarmament and reductions in military expenditures were on top of the agenda of a two-day seminar, organized by the OSCE and the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs...

Melange Project: beating dangerous fuel into fertilizer

Publishing date: 28 March 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, 28 March 2002- An OSCE-supervised project in Georgia to produce fertilizers from extremely dangerous missile fuel is well underway. Two German experts working on the field gave positive account of their evaluation of the "Melange...

Chairman-in-Office urges restart of negotiations in Moldova

Publishing date: 27 March 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Arms control, Conflict prevention and resolution, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
CHISINAU, 27 March 2002- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CiO), Portuguese Foreign Minister Jaime Gama, has urged all sides involved in the Transdniestrian conflict to resume talks as soon as possible. "Negotiations are the only way to...

OSCE releases Summary Report on Bishkek Conference on Security and Stability in Central Asia

Publishing date: 12 March 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Programme Office in Astana, Partnerships, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Border management, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
VIENNA, 12 March 2002- The OSCE released today a Summary Report on the Bishkek International Conference on Security and Stability in Central Asia, held on 13 and 14 December 2001 in Kyrgyzstan. This conference was co-sponsored by...

Skopje's new Amnesty Law wins praise from OSCE

Publishing date: 8 March 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
LISBON, 8 March 2002- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Portuguese Foreign Minister, Jaime Gama, has welcomed the passage of an Amnesty Law by the Parliament in Skopje as an important confidence-building measure for the future of the former Yugoslav...

Azerbaijan's President solicits OSCE intervention during visit of Chairman-in-Office

Publishing date: 8 March 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on the conflict dealt with by the OSCE Minsk Conference, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
LISBON, 8 March 2002- The President of Azerbaijan, Heydar Aliyev, has requested the Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Portugal's Foreign Minister Jaime Gama, to use all his influence to peacefully solve the problem of Nagorno-Karabakh...