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OSCE Secretary General visits Tashkent, calls for stronger ties with Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 29 July 2005
Content type: Press release
TASHKENT, 29 July 2005- OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut stressed the need to strengthen the relationship between the Organization and Uzbekistan in talks here with President Islam Karimov and Foreign Minister Elyer Ganiyev on...
Transition in Kyrgyzstan is focus of OSCE Magazine
Publishing date: 12 July 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
VIENNA, 12 July 2005- The changing of the guard in Europe's largest security organization and the OSCE's dynamic partnership with Kyrgyzstan as it ushers in a challenging phase in its history are the main themes in the OSCE Magazine's latest issue...
OSCE holds meeting to build confidence between police and people in Kyrgyzstan's south
Publishing date: 28 June 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Policing
JALALABAD, 28 June 2005- Building trust between law enforcement bodies and the people in southern Kyrgyzstan was the focus of a meeting today in Jalalabad, organized by the OSCE Field Office in Osh. Preventing tensions of the type which arose after...
OSCE Chairman says more action needed on curbing small arms and light weapons, securing ammunition stockpiles
Publishing date: 21 June 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Main Website, OSCE Secretariat
VIENNA, 21 June 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, said on Tuesday that the Organization should devote more attention to curbing the spread of small arms and light weapons and securing stockpiles of...
OSCE helps Kazakhstan to secure surplus small arms, light weapons and conventional ammunition
Publishing date: 3 June 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Conflict prevention and resolution
ALMATY, 3 June 2005- International experts and Kazakhstani officials worked out a set of recommendations on secure storage and destruction of small arms and light weapons and conventional ammunition for Kazakhstan's government during a two-day OSCE...
OSCE Magazine focuses on changes in Ukraine, challenges facing Slovenian Chairmanship
Publishing date: 4 April 2005
Content type: Press release
VIENNA, 4 April 2005- An insider's account of the dramatic events behind the scenes during the recent political crisis in Ukraine and an overview of the first hectic months of Slovenia's OSCE Chairmanship are the lead items in the latest OSCE Magazine...
OSCE Secretary General congratulates Ukrainian President-elect Yushchenko on election victory
Publishing date: 11 January 2005
Content type: Press release
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections
VIENNA, 11 January 2005- OSCE Secretary General Jan Kubis congratulated Ukrainian President-elect Viktor Yushchenko on his election victory, after the result of the repeat second round of the presidential election on 26 December was announced by...