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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Bombs destroyed under OSCE-supervised disarmament project in Georgia
Publishing date: 3 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
TBILISI, 3 October 2003- Demolition of dangerously unstable bombs under an OSCE project commenced this week at a former military airbase at Shiraki in Eastern Georgia. It signals the next phase of the project for the "Recycling and...
OSCE Parliamentarians call for fair power-sharing in a federalized Moldova
Publishing date: 29 September 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, OSCE Mission to Moldova
CHISINAU, 29 September 2003- "A federation built upon a fair power-sharing mechanism and with a clear separation of powers would secure a better future for Moldova and its people", said Kimmo Kiljunen, Vice-President of the OSCE Parliamentary...
OSCE Ashgabad workshop discusses transparency in military issues
Publishing date: 4 September 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Secretariat
ASHGABAD, 4 September 2003- A two-day workshop on promoting the ideas of the Confidence- and Security Building Measures (CSBM), as pioneered by the OSCE, has concluded in the Turkmen capital, Ashgabad. The workshop was aimed at promoting...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office addresses U.S. Congressional Commission
Publishing date: 4 September 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
WASHINGTON, 4 September 2003- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Netherlands Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, discussed terrorism, human rights and regional security issues in the OSCE area in an address to members of the United States Congress...
Peacekeepers begin withdrawal of armoured vehicles in Moldova
Publishing date: 14 August 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
CHISINAU, 14 August 2003- Moldovan and Transdniestrian military forces today took their first demilitarization steps in many years by together withdrawing 37 armoured vehicles from the Security Zone, the area separating the two sides since the...
OSCE's "unique police-training expertise" fulfils its role in former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Publishing date: 30 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Skopje
SKOPJE, 30 July 2003- With the graduation today of 350 multi-ethnic police cadets at the Idrizovo Police Academy in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the OSCE has completed a key part of the task entrusted to it under the Ohrid agreement...
US grant helps Georgian Border Guards and OSCE to enhance co-operation in border monitoring
Publishing date: 29 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
TBILISI, 29 July 2003- Better equipment for patrolling the mountainous Chechen, Ingush and Dagestan segments of the Georgian-Russian border was handed over to the Head of the Georgian border guards today at the OSCE Mission's headquarters. The...