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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
New Head appointed for Skopje Mission
Publishing date: 22 August 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Skopje
SKOPJE, 22 August 2001 (OSCE)- Ambassador Craig Jenness from Canada has been appointed as new Head of the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje. He took up his duties on 20 August. Prior to this new position, Ambassador Jenness has been...
OSCE helicopter evacuates wounded in a car accident in Omalo, Georgia
Publishing date: 22 July 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Border management
TBLISI, 22 July 2001-- In an emergency flight, an OSCE helicopter brought 14 people- including six children- from the village of Omalo in Georgia to the country\'s capital Tbilisi yesterday, on 21 July...
OSCE Secretary General expresses sorrow over death of EUMM monitors
Publishing date: 20 July 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Skopje
VIENNA, 20 July 2001 (OSCE)- The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) deeply regrets the death of three members of the European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM) in the north-western part of the former Yugoslav...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office addresses 10th annual meeting of the Organization's Parliamentary Assembly
Publishing date: 6 July 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
PARIS, 6 July 2001 (OSCE)- Addressing the 10th annual meeting of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (PA), the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Mircea Geoana, stressed that the ten years of activities of the PA reflected ten years of dramatic change in Europe...
Permanent Council decides to strengthen OSCE Mission to Skopje
Publishing date: 7 June 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Border management, Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 7 June 2001 (OSCE)- The Permanent Council has today decided to further increase the size of the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje
Regional approach needed to combat Central Asia common "plagues"
Publishing date: 4 June 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Democratization, Border management, Policing
ASTANA, 4 June 2001 (OSCE)-- A transboundary approach is needed together with a coordinated response at the national and international level to combat international terrorism, organized crime, illegal trafficking in drugs, weapons, and human beings...
New OSCE photo gallery online
Publishing date: 28 May 2001
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, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector, Roma and Sinti
VIENNA, 28 May 2001 (OSCE)-- An online archive of images depicting the work of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe in its 21 field operations throughout south-eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia and Eastern Europe is now...