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OSCE meeting focuses on security threat caused by environmental degradation
Publishing date: 22 January 2007
VIENNA, 22 January 2007- How to reduce security threats caused by environmental problems such as land degradation and soil erosion is the focus of an OSCE meeting that began today in Vienna...
New head of OSCE Office in Baku says the Organization can play stabilizing role in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 11 January 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
VIENNA, 11 January 2007- Mr. Jose Luis Herrero Ansola, recently appointed head of the OSCE Office in Baku, said today that the Organization will continue helping Azerbaijan as it works to fulfill its commitments as an OSCE participating State...
OSCE and the Council of Europe: a call on Albanian political parties to attend talks on the forthcoming local elections
Publishing date: 8 January 2007
VIENNA/STRASBOURG, 8 January 2007- The Secretary General of the OSCE and the Secretary General of the Council of Europe issued the following statement today on local elections in Albania: "The Albanian people have the right to free and fair elections...
Spain to take over OSCE Chairmanship on 1 January
Publishing date: 29 December 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
VIENNA, 29 December 2006- Spain will take over the OSCE Chairmanship from Belgium on 1 January, with the Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs and Co-operation, Miguel Angel Moratinos, succeeding his Belgian counterpart, Karel De Gucht...
OSCE holds regional workshop on travel document security in Vilnius
Publishing date: 21 December 2006
VILNIUS, 21 December 2006- A two-day workshop organized by the OSCE Action against Terrorism Unit on improving regional aspects of travel document security ended in Vilnius today...
OSCE seminar on cross border trade and transport in South-Eastern Europe identifies measures to improve customs and border proceedings
Publishing date: 15 December 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities, Good governance
BELGRADE, 15 December 2006- Border, customs, trade and transport officials as well as private sector representatives from South-Eastern Europe identified measures that would harmonize customs and border procedures during...
OSCE admitted as observer to Eurasian Group on combating money-laundering and financing of terrorism
Publishing date: 15 December 2006
VIENNA, 15 December 2006- The OSCE has been admitted as an observer to the seven-member Eurasian Group on Combating Money-Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism at a meeting in Moscow today. It joins other international organizations, including...