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Chairman-in-Office urges Foreign Ministers' meeting to sharpen OSCE's focus and expand capabilities
Publishing date: 5 December 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
LJUBLJANA, 5 December 2005- Opening the 13th Ministerial Council of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel called on the 55 participating States to take decisions that would chart a course...
OSCE Centre organizes training trip to Germany for Turkmen arms control officers
Publishing date: 5 December 2005
ASHGABAD, 5 December 2005- Three arms control officers from the Defence and Foreign ministries of Turkmenistan took part in a two-week practical training in Germany, organized by the OSCE Centre in Ashgabad...
Chairman-in-Office urges Uzbekistan to allow OSCE monitors into closed trials of alleged terrorists
Publishing date: 2 December 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
LJUBLJANA, 2 December 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, has written to the Uzbek Government, recalling its promise to give international observers the opportunity to monitor trials arising from the violent...
OSCE Minsk Office concerned over amendments to Belarus criminal code
Publishing date: 2 December 2005
MINSK, 2 December 2005- The Head of the OSCE Office in Minsk today said he was gravely concerned over the adoption by the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus of amendments that could deal a serious blow to civil society and...
OSCE Centre organizes study trip on pollution control for Kazakhstani specialists
Publishing date: 2 December 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
ALMATY, 2 December 2005- The OSCE Centre in Almaty has organized a study visit to Prague for members of the newly established Kazakhstani working group on pollutant release and transfer register...
OSCE Mission report examines response of Kosovo's justice system to the March 2004 riots
Publishing date: 2 December 2005
PRISTINA, 2 December 2005- A survey published today by the OSCE Mission focuses on how Kosovo's justice system has dealt with the criminal cases arising from the March 2004 riots, and it offers recommendations to help the justice system improve...
OSCE Mission concerned about developments in Serbian Parliament
Publishing date: 2 December 2005
BELGRADE, 2 December 2005- "The OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro is concerned by a number of recent developments in and surrounding the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia...