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OSCE Chairman-in-Office condemns terrorist attack on London
Publishing date: 7 July 2005
LJUBLJANA, 7 July 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, has roundly condemned today's series of bomb attacks on travellers in central London. Expressing dismay and horror at news reports of the deaths...
Statement by the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Dr. Dimitrij Rupel on the situation in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 20 May 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
LJUBLJANA, 20 May 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Foreign Minister of the Republic of Slovenia, Dr Dimitrij Rupel, calls on Uzbekistan as a participating State of the OSCE and a member of other international organizations to allow an independent...
OSCE Chairman, visiting NATO Headquarters, welcomes proposal for seminar on military doctrine
Publishing date: 26 January 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
BRUSSELS, 26 January 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office Dimitrij Rupel on Wednesday welcomed the idea of holding an OSCE seminar on military doctrine. "Due to its long-standing work in the field of disarmament, arms control and confidence-building...
OSCE Chairman welcomes improved co-ordination in fight against global terrorism
Publishing date: 24 September 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism
NEW YORK, 24 September 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office Solomon Passy welcomed the increasingly successful efforts of the international community, led by the United Nations, to co-ordinate its response to global terrorism. Addressing the 59th...
OSCE Permanent Council honours victims of terrorism in Russia with minute's silence
Publishing date: 9 September 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council
What we do: Countering terrorism
VIENNA, 9 September 2004- The OSCE Permanent Council honoured the victims of a recent series of brutal terrorist attacks in the Russian Federation with a minute's silence on Thursday. After a number of heads of delegation expressed their sympathy and...
OSCE Chairman horrified at brutal terrorist act on school in North Ossetia
Publishing date: 4 September 2004
SOFIA, 4 September 2004- OSCE Chairman-in-Office Solomon Passy offered his sincere condolences to the Russian people over the brutal terrorist act which led to the loss of hundreds of innocent lives. "Words are powerless...
OSCE Chairman deplores hostage taking in Russia
Publishing date: 1 September 2004
SOFIA, 1 September 2004- OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Passy, expressed outrage over the seizure by terrorists of a school in Beslan in the Russian republic of North Ossetia, where children and adults are being held hostage...