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OSCE Chairman calls for international code of conduct on dealing with hostage-taking
Publishing date: 20 July 2004
NEW YORK, 20 July 2004-The OSCE's Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, called on the international community on Tuesday to develop a code of conduct for responding to hostage-taking...
Reform and co-operation key to OSCE success, EU Council President says
Publishing date: 14 July 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
VIENNA, 14 July 2004- Enhanced co-operation between the EU and the OSCE in fighting terrorism and trafficking and promoting tolerance, as well as over regional issues and reform of the Organization, were raised today in an address to the OSCE...
OSCE event in Armenia discusses prevention of money laundering, terrorism financing
Publishing date: 7 July 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Countering terrorism
YEREVAN, 7 July 2004- An OSCE meeting on preventing money laundering and the financing of terrorism brought together leading Armenian decision-makers today in Yerevan. Armenian General Prosecutor Aghvan Hovsepyan joined about 30 parliamentarians and a...
OSCE Chairman calls for focus on new areas in fight against terrorism
Publishing date: 23 June 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism
VIENNA, 23 June 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, called on Wednesday on the OSCE States to focus on new areas such as chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear materials in the fight against terrorism...
OSCE States agree to tighten controls over export of shoulder-fired missiles
Publishing date: 26 May 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
VIENNA, 26 May 2004- In a significant move to reduce the risk of terrorists getting their hands on portable missiles that can bring down civil and military aircraft, the OSCE has taken a decision to tighten export controls on so-called MANPADS...
OSCE Chairman condemns terrorist attack in Chechnya
Publishing date: 10 May 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
ZAGREB, 10 May 2004- OSCE Chairman-in-Office Solomon Passy strongly condemned Sunday's terrorist attack in Chechnya, in which Chechen President Akhmad Kadyrov and a number of other people were killed. He called the Grozny bomb blast "a vicious act of"...
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...