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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina urges OSCE to give more support to return process
Publishing date: 9 May 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
VIENNA, 9 May 2002- In his last address as High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Wolfgang Petritsch urged the OSCE Delegations today to lobby their governments for support for the process of return of refugees and displaced...
Weapons into Water: OSCE rehabilitates water canal in exchange for weapons in Georgia
Publishing date: 17 April 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
TBILISI, 17 April 2002- Under the supervision of the OSCE Mission to Georgia, repair works will start immediately on a 30 km irrigation canal running through both Georgian and Ossetian villages in the zone of conflict. "The Irrigation Project...
OSCE ready to begin ammunition disposal at Colbasna
Publishing date: 15 April 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
CHISINAU, 15 April 2002- The OSCE Mission to Moldova has announced the arrival of a device for destroying old ammunition in the region. The so-called "Donovan" detonation chamber, which arrived on April 13, will be used at Colbasna to commence...
Collective security and sustainable peace ultimate goal of disarmament, concludes OSCE Paris seminar
Publishing date: 28 March 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
PARIS, 28 March 2002- The socio-economic impact generated by disarmament and reductions in military expenditures were on top of the agenda of a two-day seminar, organized by the OSCE and the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs...
Melange Project: beating dangerous fuel into fertilizer
Publishing date: 28 March 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
TBILISI, 28 March 2002- An OSCE-supervised project in Georgia to produce fertilizers from extremely dangerous missile fuel is well underway. Two German experts working on the field gave positive account of their evaluation of the "Melange...
Chairman-in-Office urges restart of negotiations in Moldova
Publishing date: 27 March 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova
CHISINAU, 27 March 2002- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CiO), Portuguese Foreign Minister Jaime Gama, has urged all sides involved in the Transdniestrian conflict to resume talks as soon as possible. "Negotiations are the only way to...
OSCE reiterates the call for affordable armed forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 4 March 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Arms control, Democratization
BANJA LUKA, 4 March 2002- At a meeting in Banja Luka today the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina conveyed to the Republika Srpska political leadership the urgent need to bring its military expenditure in line with approved budgets...