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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Open Skies Treaty states discuss usage of unarmed observation flights for environmental purposes
Publishing date: 15 October 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
VIENNA, 15 October 2004- Experts from 31 states party to the Open Skies Treaty today discussed the possible use of the Treaty's tools for ecological purposes, such as cases of floods, tornadoes, air and soil pollution as well as urbanisation. Some 80...
OSCE-UNODC conference calls for better information sharing on border management
Publishing date: 9 September 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
VIENNA, 9 September 2004- Experts from 16 international organizations attending a conference on promoting more effective border management and security called for an increase in information sharing to address challenges of "open but safe borders". On
OSCE parliamentarians and conflict prevention experts discuss parliamentary oversight of security sector
Publishing date: 25 May 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, OSCE Secretariat
VIENNA, 25 May 2004- Over 150 participants, drawn from the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, together with experts from the OSCE delegations, are meeting for two days in Vienna to focus on the question: Parliamentary Oversight of Armed Forces, and Police...
OSCE Magazine highlights Kosovo, BiH education reform and Russian role in OSCE
Publishing date: 6 May 2004
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, Countering terrorism, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector, Roma and Sinti
VIENNA, 6 May 2004- The impact of recent events in Kosovo on the OSCE's work, the relationship between Russia and the Organization, and a special report on education reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina are among the highlights of the Magazine's May issue...
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
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 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
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...
Uzbek and Afghan officials to attend OSCE border control training
Publishing date: 17 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
TASHKENT, 17 October 2003- Border guards, police officers and customs officials from Uzbekistan and Afghanistan will attend a two-week OSCE training course, which will start in the Uzbek border town of Termez next week. Officials from the...