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Water for Life: OSCE supervises irrigation canal restoration in Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone
Publishing date: 12 September 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
TBILISI, 12 September 2002- Repair work on a 30-kilometre irrigation canal system that runs through Georgian and Ossetian villages in the conflict zone has been successfully concluded. The canal has been handed over to Georgian and Ossetian...
OSCE-supervised melange project in Georgia successfully concluded
Publishing date: 16 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
TBILISI, 16 August 2002- The Melange project, an OSCE-supervised project aimed at producing fertilizer from highly explosive missile fuel in Georgia, has been successfully concluded. "The international co-operation of German experts with local...
Weapons into water: OSCE repairs irrigation channel in exchange for handing in of small arms in Georgian conflict zone
Publishing date: 29 July 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
TBILISI, 29 July 2002- Repair works on a 40-kilometre irrigation channel system that runs through Georgian and Ossetian villages in the conflict zone are well underway. The repairs are an unusual form of compensation for co-operation...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office discusses anti-terrorism measures with Russian Foreign Minister
Publishing date: 28 June 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
MOSCOW, 28 June 2002- The OSCE Chairman in Office (CiO), Portuguese Foreign Minister Antonio Martins da Cruz, discussed the Organization's role in the fight against terrorism with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian...
Second type of ammunition disposal gear arrives in Moldova
Publishing date: 25 June 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
CHISINAU, 25 June 2002- The second delivery of ammunition disposal equipment destined for on-site work at Colbasna, Transdniestria, arrived in Moldova yesterday. The latest equipment is a destruction kiln, produced by the German firm Luthe, and...
"OSCE is not a talking shop" says Secretary General
Publishing date: 3 June 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Economic activities, Border management, Environmental activities, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector, Roma and Sinti
VIENNA, 3 June 2002- "The OSCE's work makes a practical difference to the lives of ordinary people in troubled areas", said the Secretary General of the Organization, Jan Kubis, dismissing suggestions by some media commentators calling the 55-...
OSCE brings experts to Almaty to consider measures to combat arms trafficking in Central Asia
Publishing date: 17 May 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
ALMATY, 17 May 2002- Regional measures to crack down on the illegal trade of small arms and light weapons in Central Asia will be the focus of a meeting to be held on 21 and 22 May in Almaty. The Regional Meeting on Small Arms...