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OSCE Project Co-ordinator supports military reform and disposal of toxic rocket fuel in Ukraine
Publishing date: 24 October 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
KYIV, 24 October 2005- In a meeting last Friday with Ukraine's Defense Minister, Anatoliy Grytsenko, OSCE Project Co-ordinator Ambassador James Schumaker handed over the final assessment on the disposal of Ukraine's liquid rocket fuel storage sites...
Chairman-in-Office welcomes progress in Bosnia and Herzegovina but warns of need to tackle remaining obstacles
Publishing date: 27 September 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
SARAJEVO, 27 September 2005- In the course of a day-long visit to Sarajevo, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, noted Bosnia and Herzegovina's progress in many areas, particularly defence reform, pointing out...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine helps re-train discharged military officers
Publishing date: 10 June 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
KYIV, 10 June 2005- A group of senior Ukrainian military officers graduated today in Kyiv from an OSCE funded re-training course on advanced management skills. Since 2004, more than 210 officers have finished...
Assembly decision on draft law on digital broadcasting welcomed by OSCE, EC and CoE offices in Albania
Publishing date: 19 May 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
TIRANA, 19 May 2005- The OSCE Presence, the Delegation of the European Commission and the Council of Europe Office in Albania have all welcomed today's decision of the Assembly not to pass the draft law on the introduction of digital broadcasting...
OSCE Mission provides border police in Serbia and Montenegro with modern equipment
Publishing date: 23 March 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
BELGRADE, 23 March 2005- Technical equipment, including computers which will provide information exchange on wanted persons, stolen vehicles, lost, stolen or forged documents, was today handed over by the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro to the...
OSCE Chairman hopes for new impetus in efforts to find Transdniestria settlement
Publishing date: 14 March 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova
CHISINAU, 14 March 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office Dimitrij Rupel said on Monday he hoped recent elections in Moldova and Ukraine would help to generate fresh impetus in efforts to find a settlement in Transdniestria. "The OSCE remains committed to...
OSCE Chairman more optimistic on budget problems after talks with US Secretary of State
Publishing date: 8 March 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
WASHINGTON, 8 March 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office Dimitrij Rupel said he was more optimistic that a solution could be found to an impasse over the Organization's 2005 budget after meeting U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. The situation in...