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Collective security and sustainable peace ultimate goal of disarmament, concludes OSCE Paris seminar

Publishing date: 28 March 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Economic activities, Environmental activities, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
PARIS, 28 March 2002- The socio-economic impact generated by disarmament and reductions in military expenditures were on top of the agenda of a two-day seminar, organized by the OSCE and the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs...

Melange Project: beating dangerous fuel into fertilizer

Publishing date: 28 March 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Arms control, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
TBILISI, 28 March 2002- An OSCE-supervised project in Georgia to produce fertilizers from extremely dangerous missile fuel is well underway. Two German experts working on the field gave positive account of their evaluation of the "Melange...

Chairman-in-Office urges restart of negotiations in Moldova

Publishing date: 27 March 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Arms control, Conflict prevention and resolution, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
CHISINAU, 27 March 2002- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CiO), Portuguese Foreign Minister Jaime Gama, has urged all sides involved in the Transdniestrian conflict to resume talks as soon as possible. "Negotiations are the only way to...

OSCE reiterates the call for affordable armed forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Publishing date: 4 March 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Arms control, Democratization
BANJA LUKA, 4 March 2002- At a meeting in Banja Luka today the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina conveyed to the Republika Srpska political leadership the urgent need to bring its military expenditure in line with approved budgets...

Byte-ing the bullet: OSCE offers computers in exchange for weapons in Georgia

Publishing date: 26 February 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Arms control
TBILISI, 26 February 2002- The OSCE Mission to Georgia today handed over three computers to a secondary school where parents had organized the voluntary hand-over of small arms, in response to a weapons collection campaign...

New OSCE Chairman-in-Office makes fight against terrorism Organization's priority for 2002

Publishing date: 17 January 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council
What we do: Arms control, Democratization, Border management, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
VIENNA, 17 January 2002- The new OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Portuguese Foreign Minister Jaime Gama, today announced in his first speech to the Organization's 55-nation Permanent Council that the fight against terrorism will be one of OSCE's priorities

OSCE Georgia Mission and European Commission sign assistance agreement

Publishing date: 21 December 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Arms control, Border management, Conflict prevention and resolution, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
TBILISI, 21 December 2001- Yesterday, the OSCE Mission to Georgia and the European Commission (EC) signed a Grant Agreement of 210,000 euros in Brussels. The grant is a European Union contribution for the strengthening...