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VIENNA, 21 June 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, said on Tuesday that the Organization should devote more attention to curbing the spread of small arms and light weapons and securing stockpiles of...

VIENNA, 16 June 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, today welcomed pledges by four OSCE participating States to provide rapid support for the Organization's police assistance programme in Kyrgyzstan...

VIENNA, 29 April 2005- The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), the world's largest regional security arrangement, released its Annual Report 2004 today...

PARIS, 28 April 2005- Violence against women is not only a widespread global problem but also a major obstacle to women's expression of free will and humanity's progress towards equality, development and peace, the OSCE Chairman said today in Paris...

VIENNA, 4 September 1998-- In line with the "Agreement between the Republic of Latvia and the Russian Federation on the Legal Status of the Skrunda Radar Station during its...

VIENNA, 17 October 1996-- On Thursday, 17 October, the Head of the OSCE Assistance Group to Chechnya, Ambassador Tim Guldimann, will be in Vienna to address the Permanent Council...

VIENNA, 21 June 1995-- The parties to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict held confidential negotiations under the co-chairmanship of Finland and the Russian Federation on 15-19 June in Helsinki. The encouraging atmosphere gives reason to believe that the n