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OSCE launches channel on YouTube

Publishing date: 27 November 2008
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, Education, Elections, Countering terrorism, Gender equality, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector, Roma and Sinti, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
VIENNA, 27 November 2008- The OSCE today launched its own channel on the popular video-sharing website YouTube...

OSCE helps arrange military inspection in Bosnia and Herzegovina under Dayton Peace Accords

Publishing date: 22 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
What we do: Arms control
VIENNA, 22 September 2008- The Republic of Croatia will conduct an Article IV Inspection of a military site in Bosnia and Herzegovina from 22 to 26 September...

Crisis in Georgia challenge for OSCE arms control and confidence-building regime, Finnish official says

Publishing date: 10 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Forum for Security Co-operation
What we do: Arms control, Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 10 September 2008- The crisis in Georgia has changed the politico-military situation in the OSCE area in a way that must be taken into account by the OSCE and its Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC), Pauli Järvenpää...

500th flight marks milestone in Open Skies treaty

Publishing date: 26 August 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Open Skies Consultative Commission
What we do: Arms control, Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 26 August 2008- A Benelux flight over Bosnia and Herzegovina on 20 August was the 500th flight conducted under the Open Skies treaty, which allows State Parties to carry out unarmed observation flights over each other's territories...

OSCE Office supports safe storage facilities for Tajikistan law enforcement agencies

Publishing date: 30 July 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Arms control
DUSHANBE, 30 July 2008- The OSCE Office and the Tajik Interior Ministry signed an agreement today launching a project to refurbish district police armouries and upgrade security for small arms and light weapons and conventional ammunition sites...

OSCE Mission to Skopje supports local campaign against gun violence

Publishing date: 2 June 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Arms control
SKOPJE, 2 June 2008- Raising public awareness about small arms, gun violence, and human rights is the aim of a campaign that started in Skopje today...

OSCE Centre in Ashgabad helps train border security officials on checkpoint and x-ray interpretation

Publishing date: 30 May 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Arms control, Economic activities, Border management, Education
ASHGABAD, 30 May 2008- How to spot prohibited items at security checks was the focus of a two-week checkpoint and x-ray interpretation instructor course that concluded today in Ashgabad...