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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
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 Parliamentarians visit Georgia to facilitate reconciliation in Abkhazia
Publishing date: 28 June 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
COPENHAGEN, 28 June 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Ad Hoc Committee on Abkhazia, Georgia visited Georgia from 26 to 28 June to make a first assessment of the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict settlement process...
Drug specialists meet at OSCE conference in Georgia
Publishing date: 25 June 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
TBLISI, 25 June 2001-- Georgian, Abkhaz and South Ossetian drug specialists participated on 21 and 22 June at an OSCE-sponsored meeting held in Sukhumi, Georgia, where they familiarized themselves with regional drug-related problems...
Office equipment grant to monitor small arms hand-over in Georgia
Publishing date: 18 June 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
TSKHINVALI, 18 June 2001 (OSCE)-- Ambassador Jean-Michel Lacombe, Head of the OSCE Mission to Georgia, handed over an OSCE grant in form of office equipment to the Special Co-ordination Centre...
Drug specialists meet at conference in Tbilisi, Georgia
Publishing date: 17 April 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Conflict prevention and resolution
TBLISI, 17 April 2001-- After many years of disrupted contacts, Abkhaz and Ossetian drug specialists for the first time participated in a regional conference in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Chairman-in-Office regrets holding of so-called referendum in South Ossetia, Georgia
Publishing date: 9 April 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
BUCHAREST, 9 April 2001- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, has noted with regret that, in spite of the strong position of the OSCE on this issue, the South-Ossetian so-called referendum on...
Decision to prolong OSCE border monitoring in Georgia
Publishing date: 29 March 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Border management
VIENNA, 29 March 2001-- The Permanent Council of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe has decided to prolong its current border monitoring mission in Georgia until 15 November 2001.