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OSCE Special Representative publishes recommendations on human trafficking to UK
Publishing date: 19 January 2012
Following a visit to the United Kingdom last year, the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings Maria Grazia Giammarinaro published recommendations to the government on improving anti-trafficking action and the protection of human rights of trafficked persons, together with the UK official response, on 18 January 2012...
OSCE Secretary General, in Geneva, stresses importance of partnerships to tackle emerging challenges to security
Publishing date: 19 January 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General
The OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier, on a visit to Geneva from 18 to 20 January 2012, emphasized the need to further develop partnerships between international organizations in maintaining peace and security and effectively tackling current and emerging threats...
OSCE Secretary General discusses future co-operation with Croatian foreign minister
Publishing date: 17 January 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General
OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier met Croatian Foreign Minister Vesna Pusić in Zagreb on 17 January 2012...
OSCE completes its mandate in Croatia and closes office
Publishing date: 17 January 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Office in Zagreb (closed)
ZAGREB, 17 January 2012 – Today the OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier and Croatian President Ivo Josipović held an official ceremony to mark the closure of the OSCE’s office in Croatia. The closure follows a decision last month by the 56 OSCE participating States that declared the mandate of the office successfully completed...
New OSCE department for transnational threats established
Publishing date: 12 January 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Border management, Countering terrorism, Policing
With the beginning of 2012, a new department has been established that will improve the OSCE’s work on combating transnational threats (TNT), OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier announced on 10 January 2012...
OSCE Secretary General meets French foreign minister
Publishing date: 11 January 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General
OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier met French Foreign Minister Alain Juppé in Paris on 11 January 2012...
OSCE Secretary General discusses tackling organized crime and drugs trafficking with UNODC
Publishing date: 28 December 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General
Meeting with the Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Yury Fedotov, on 22 December 2011 in Vienna, OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier discussed the prospects for closer co-operation to tackle organized crime and drugs trafficking...