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OSCE Chairman urges demilitarisation of Georgian-Ossetian conflict
Publishing date: 20 August 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
SOFIA, 20 August 2004- OSCE Chairman-in-Office Solomon Passy expressed concern over recent developments in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict in messages to Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and South Ossetian leader Eduard Kokoity. In a
OSCE Chairman-in-Office deeply concerned over deterioration of situation in zone of Georgian-Ossetian conflict
Publishing date: 30 July 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
SOFIA, 30 July 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Solomon Passy, expressed his deep concern with the further deterioration of the situation in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict during the last 48 hours...
OSCE announces that confidence- and security-building agreement for Bosnia and Herzegovina will end in September 2004
Publishing date: 24 June 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
VIENNA, 23 June 2004- The Personal Representative of the OSCE CiO for Articles II and IV, General Claudio Zappulla, announced today that the Agreement on Confidence- and Security-Building Measures in Bosnia and Herzegovina will end in September...
OSCE Chairman encourages UN Security Council to seek OSCE support in Iraq, Afghanistan
Publishing date: 7 May 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
NEW YORK, 7 May 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office Solomon Passy told the UN Security Council on Friday that the 55-nation security body would be willing to offer its assistance in rebuilding democratic institutions in Iraq and Afghanistan if requested...
OSCE Chairman urges Batumi to resume negotiations with Georgian leadership
Publishing date: 5 May 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
WASHINGTON, D.C., 5 May 2004- OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, has expressed his deepest concern over the recent developments in Ajara. He stressed the importance of maintaining the territorial integrity and national...
OSCE, Swiss mine expert group launch second phase of Tajikistan mine action project
Publishing date: 9 April 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
DUSHANBE, 9 April 2004- The second part of a project to save Tajikistan from its bitter civil war legacy, landmines, was launched yesterday in the country's capital, Dushanbe. Under an agreement signed between the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe and the...
OSCE Chairman discusses regional issues, Chechnya with Russian Federation
Publishing date: 17 February 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
MOSCOW, 17 February 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, discussed the future of the OSCE and regional issues including Georgia and Moldova at a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov in Moscow on...