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OSCE Mission assists in handover of weapons and munitions in zone of Georgian-Ossetian conflict

Publishing date: 30 April 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Arms control
TBILISI, 30 April 2004- Engineers of the Joint Peacekeeping Force carried out on Thursday the destruction of weapons and munitions collected under the OSCE Mission to Georgia Rapid Reaction programme in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict.

OSCE Chairman encourages Bosnian officials to go ahead with education and defence reform

Publishing date: 29 March 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Arms control, Democratization
SARAJEVO, 29 March 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, highly appreciated the political stability in the country and the progress achieved in the implementation of the Peace Agreements...

OSCE hosts first-ever international workshop on threat of shoulder-fired missiles to civil aviation

Publishing date: 23 January 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Countering terrorism, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
VIENNA, 23 January 2004- The growing threat that man-portable air defence systems (MANPADs) in the hands of terrorists pose against civil aviation topped the agenda of an international conference held jointly by the OSCE and the International Civil...

OSCE Chairman-in-Office pledges closer co-operation with NATO

Publishing date: 21 January 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Arms control, Democratization, Border management, Conflict prevention and resolution, Countering terrorism, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
BRUSSELS, 21 January 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, pledged to strengthen co-operation with NATO at a meeting with the Alliance's new Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer on Wednesday...

Andorran Foreign Minister urges OSCE States to pursue arms reduction through security forum

Publishing date: 21 January 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
What we do: Arms control, Countering terrorism, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
VIENNA, 21 January 2004- The Foreign Minister of Andorra, Juli Minoves, today urged OSCE participating States to focus on implementing the politico-military security decisions taken at the recent Ministerial Council in Maastricht...

OSCE document foresees action against risks of ammunition stockpiles

Publishing date: 1 December 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Summits / Ministerial Councils, Permanent Council, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Countering terrorism, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
MAASTRICHT, 1 December 2003- The Foreign Ministers of the 55 OSCE states today endorsed a new OSCE Document dealing with risks arising from surplus stockpiles of conventional ammunition, explosive material and detonating devices. The OSCE Document...

OSCE foreign ministers' meeting begins with focus on terrorism and human trafficking

Publishing date: 1 December 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Summits / Ministerial Councils
What we do: Arms control, Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Countering terrorism, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
MAASTRICHT, 1 December 2003- Foreign ministers from the 55 OSCE participating States gathered in Maastricht on Monday for their annual Ministerial Council, which will focus on threats to security and stability in the 21st century. The two-day...