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North Korean nuclear arms test threatens security in OSCE area, Chairman warns
Publishing date: 9 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Arms control, Conflict prevention and resolution
BRUSSELS, 9 October 2006- The OSCE Chairman, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, said today he was deeply concerned about global security following the nuclear weapons test declared by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea...
New OSCE Moldovan Mission Head commends destruction of offensive weaponry- urges Transdniestria to copy
Publishing date: 25 July 2006
CHISINAU, 25 Jul 2006- The new Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, Ambassador Louis O'Neill, called today on the Transdniestrian authorities to follow the latest Moldovan example and to cut its military capacity. He made his statement at Bulboaca...
OSCE Chairman tells UN conference civil society can help thwart small arms trade
Publishing date: 26 June 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Forum for Security Co-operation
UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK, 26 June 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, urged United Nations member states today to work with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to bolster government efforts to stop the global...
OSCE Centre, Tajik Interior Ministry open facility to store and destroy small arms and light weapons
Publishing date: 22 June 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Arms control
DUSHANBE, 22 June 2006- The OSCE Centre in Dushanbe and the Tajik Interior Ministry today opened a storage and destruction facility for small arms and light weapons (SALW) in Dushanbe. Located at...
Representatives from 30 States review CFE Treaty in Vienna
Publishing date: 30 May 2006
VIENNA, 30 May 2006- Representatives of 30 States gathered in Vienna today for the Third Review Conference of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, widely known as the CFE Treaty...
OSCE Secretary General visits rocket fuel disposal site in Armenia
Publishing date: 12 May 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Arms control, Economic activities, Environmental activities
YEREVAN, 12 May 2006- OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, who is on a two-day visit to Armenia, today applauded the imminent start of the recycling of 872 tons of mélange rocket fuel...
OSCE Chairman expresses condolences after French expert dies in landmine accident in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 20 April 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Arms control
BRUSSELS, 20 April 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, expressed his condolences to the family of a French expert who was killed when a landmine exploded in Tajikistan on 19 April...