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States Parties to CFE Treaty to hold Extraordinary Conference
Publishing date: 8 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation, OSCE Main Website
What we do: Arms control, Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 8 June 2007- The 30 States Parties to the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE Treaty), will begin a meeting on 11 June in Vienna following a request by the Russian Federation that an Extraordinary Conference be held.
German, Italian added to OSCE website search
Publishing date: 28 February 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Main Website, OSCE Secretariat
VIENNA, 28 February 2007- Two more official OSCE languages- German and Italian- have been added to the Organization's website search page.
OSCE to host international conference on combating the financing of terrorism
Publishing date: 8 November 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Main Website, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities
VIENNA, 8 November 2005- A number of international organizations including NATO and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), together with a high-level delegation from the US State Department, will join senior OSCE officials tomorrow for a meeting...
OSCE Chairman underlines importance of reform during visit to Moscow
Publishing date: 13 July 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Main Website
MOSCOW, 13 July 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, discussed international terrorism, developments in Central Asia and Moldova and OSCE reform with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow on Wednesday.
Kyrgyz election marks tangible progress
Publishing date: 11 July 2005
Content type: Press release
What we do: Elections
BISHKEK, 11 July 2005- The 10 July Kyrgyz presidential election marked tangible progress towards meeting OSCE and other international commitments for democratic elections, although the vote count proved to be problematic...
OSCE anti-terrorism unit organizes regional travel document workshop in Sofia
Publishing date: 1 July 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Main Website, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism
SOFIA, 1 July 2005- International standards in travel document handling and ways to improve existing practices in the region were the focus of an OSCE-organized workshop held in Sofia on 29 and 30 June...
OSCE media watchdog concerned about prison sentence for journalist in Russia
Publishing date: 23 June 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Main Website
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 23 June 2005- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, today expressed his concern regarding the combined five year prison sentence handed down to a Russian journalist by a Smolensk court...