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OSCE supports regional co-operation efforts for secure and stable Afghanistan at Kabul Conference
Publishing date: 14 June 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General
KABUL, 14 June 2012 – The OSCE is committed to supporting the Istanbul Process on regional security and co-operation for a secure and stable Afghanistan, said Marcel Peško, the Director of the Office of the OSCE Secretary General, today at the Heart of Asia ministerial conference in Kabul...
OSCE Secretary General meets Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 1 June 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General
JEJU, Republic of Korea, 1 June 2012- OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier today met with the Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan, Omurbek Babanov, in the margins of the Jeju Peace Forum, at which both were delivering keynote addresses...
OSCE reviews plan of action to control small arms and light weapons
Publishing date: 23 May 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation, OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Arms control
VIENNA, 23 May 2012 – The 56 OSCE participating States and 12 Partners for Co-operation today concluded a review of the OSCE Plan of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons that aims to counter the spread and accumulation of illicit SALW...
OSCE welcomes peaceful voting in Kosovo for Serbian election
Publishing date: 21 May 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Elections
DUBLIN / VIENNA, 21 May 2012 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ireland’s Deputy Prime Minister Eamon Gilmore, today welcomed the peaceful and orderly voting in Kosovo for the second round of the Serbian presidential election of 20 May...
OSCE, UNODC hold joint conference on the terrorist use of explosives
Publishing date: 10 May 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism
VIENNA, 10 May 2012 – A two-day conference aimed at improving the control of explosive substances in order to hinder terrorists’ access to them, organized by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) started in Vienna today...
OSCE Secretary General welcomes peaceful conduct of ballot facilitation in Kosovo
Publishing date: 7 May 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Elections, Rule of law
VIENNA, 7 May 2012- The OSCE Secretary General, Lamberto Zannier, today welcomed the peaceful conclusion of the OSCE-run ballot facilitation that allowed eligible voters in Kosovo to cast ballots in the 6 May Serbian parliamentary and presidential elections...
OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier visits Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 22 April 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General
The OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier will pay visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina from 23 to 24 April 2012 on the occasion of the International Donors' Conference "Durable solutions for Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons" taking place on April 24 in Sarajevo...