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OSCE Secretary General discussed 2013 Ukrainian Chairmanship
Publishing date: 17 September 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General
During his visit to Ukraine on Thursday 15 September 2011, OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier stressed that there are concerns within the OSCE community about the situation in Ukraine as the country begins its preparations for the 2013 OSCE Chairmanship...
Winners of 2011 OSCE photo contest on sustainable transport and energy announced
Publishing date: 14 September 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities, Good governance
Finding environmentally-friendly ways to produce energy, and transport goods and people, is crucial in safeguarding our future. A photo contest organized by the 2011 Lithuanian Chairmanship of the OSCE and the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities in May–July encouraged professional and amateur photographers to demonstrate their visions of the development of sustainable energy and transport—the theme of the 19th OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum held in Prague on 14-16 September 2011...
Bold action needed to develop sustainable energy and transport, say OSCE conference participants
Publishing date: 14 September 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
PRAGUE, 14 September 2011 – Sustainable, efficient and environmentally friendly energy and transport policies are the focus of a three-day OSCE conference that opened today in Prague...
OSCE holds meeting in Kyiv on misuse of new payment methods for money laundering
Publishing date: 8 September 2011
KYIV, 8 September 2011 – Fighting the laundering of criminal profits through new payment methods was the focus of a roundtable meeting organized by the OSCE in Kyiv today...
OSCE organizes workshop on public-private partnerships to enhance tourism security
Publishing date: 8 September 2011
VIENNA, 8 September 2011 – Participants of a two-day workshop organized by the OSCE that started in Vienna today will discuss tourism security within the framework of public-private partnerships...
Statement of the UN, OSCE and EU Special Envoys on the situation in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 7 September 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
BISHKEK, 7 September 2011- The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Central Asia Miroslav Jenča, the OSCE Chairperson’s Special Envoy for Kyrgyzstan Adam Kobieracki and EU Special Representative for Central Asia Pierre Morel visited Kyrgyzstan today...
OSCE holds Kyiv seminar on seizing and recovering illegal proceeds of drugs and crime
Publishing date: 6 September 2011
KYIV, 6 September 2011- The OSCE Strategic Police Matters Unit in co-operation with Ukraine’s State Financial Monitoring Service launched an anti-crime profits-recovery seminar in Kyiv today...