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OSCE States agree to tighten controls over export of shoulder-fired missiles

Publishing date: 26 May 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, 26 May 2004- In a significant move to reduce the risk of terrorists getting their hands on portable missiles that can bring down civil and military aircraft, the OSCE has taken a decision to tighten export controls on so-called MANPADS...

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
What we do: Democratization, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
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...

Ambassadors sign agreements worth 790,000 euros for OSCE's mine action in Tajikistan

Publishing date: 25 May 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
DUSHANBE, 25 May 2004- Agreements to provide support worth 790,000 euros to the OSCE's first mine action in Tajikistan were signed during a visit to this Central Asian state by five ambassadors to the OSCE. The funding will be used to establish, train...

OSCE Chairman encourages UN Security Council to seek OSCE support in Iraq, Afghanistan

Publishing date: 7 May 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
NEW YORK, 7 May 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office Solomon Passy told the UN Security Council on Friday that the 55-nation security body would be willing to offer its assistance in rebuilding democratic institutions in Iraq and Afghanistan if requested...

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 Chairman urges Batumi to resume negotiations with Georgian leadership

Publishing date: 5 May 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
WASHINGTON, D.C., 5 May 2004- OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, has expressed his deepest concern over the recent developments in Ajara. He stressed the importance of maintaining the territorial integrity and national...

OSCE, Swiss mine expert group launch second phase of Tajikistan mine action project

Publishing date: 9 April 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
DUSHANBE, 9 April 2004- The second part of a project to save Tajikistan from its bitter civil war legacy, landmines, was launched yesterday in the country's capital, Dushanbe. Under an agreement signed between the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe and the...