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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Bombs destroyed under OSCE-supervised disarmament project in Georgia
Publishing date: 3 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
TBILISI, 3 October 2003- Demolition of dangerously unstable bombs under an OSCE project commenced this week at a former military airbase at Shiraki in Eastern Georgia. It signals the next phase of the project for the "Recycling and...
OSCE Ashgabad workshop discusses transparency in military issues
Publishing date: 4 September 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Secretariat
ASHGABAD, 4 September 2003- A two-day workshop on promoting the ideas of the Confidence- and Security Building Measures (CSBM), as pioneered by the OSCE, has concluded in the Turkmen capital, Ashgabad. The workshop was aimed at promoting...
Peacekeepers begin withdrawal of armoured vehicles in Moldova
Publishing date: 14 August 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
CHISINAU, 14 August 2003- Moldovan and Transdniestrian military forces today took their first demilitarization steps in many years by together withdrawing 37 armoured vehicles from the Security Zone, the area separating the two sides since the...
OSCE Security Conference considers fresh options
Publishing date: 27 June 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Forum for Security Co-operation, Permanent Council
VIENNA, 26 June 2003- The OSCE's first-ever Annual Security Review Conference closed yesterday with its main aim successfully met- that of identifying a range of practical options for the Organization to address the new threats and challenges to...
OSCE inaugurates Annual Security Review Conference in Vienna
Publishing date: 25 June 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
VIENNA, 25 June 2003- Opening the OSCE's first-ever Annual Security Review Conference, Ambassador Daan Everts, Head of the OSCE Task Force of the Netherlands Chairmanship, called for the meeting to produce practical tasks and recommendations...
OSCE meeting in Ukraine discusses democratic control of armed forces by civil society
Publishing date: 17 June 2003
Content type: Press release
KYIV, 17 June 2003- Improving the integration of armed forces into civil society and strengthening parliamentary oversight of the army, police and security forces were on top of the agenda of a two-day OSCE workshop which ended in Kyiv, Ukraine today...
OSCE supports first international mine clearance project in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 29 May 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
DUSHANBE, 29 May 2003- An agreement to start the first internationally supported mine clearance operations in Tajikistan was signed today in the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe, clearing the way for a nation-wide Mine Action Project to start in June...