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Successful conclusion of Article V negotiations finalize remaining component of Dayton/Paris Peace Accords

Publishing date: 18 July 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Arms control, Conflict prevention and resolution, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
VIENNA, 18 July 2001 (OSCE)-- Today, twenty participating States reached consensus on a document, which finalizes the single remaining aspect of the Dayton Peace Accords. The consensus was reached on a Concluding Document of the Article V negotiations...

OSCE welcomes Yugoslav announcement to destroy small arms and light weapons

Publishing date: 10 July 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Arms control, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
BELGRADE, 10 July 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE welcomes the announcement of the Yugoslav authorities issued on 9 July, the International Day devoted to Small Arms Destruction, on the destruction of surplus quantities of small arms and light weapons...

Now online: Forum for Security Co-operation

Publishing date: 20 June 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
What we do: Arms control, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
VIENNA, 20 June 2001 (OSCE)-- Users of the Internet can now access information on the Forum for Security Co-operation, the main OSCE body dealing with military aspects of security, on the OSCE website at www.osce.org/fsc...

Office equipment grant to monitor small arms hand-over in Georgia

Publishing date: 18 June 2001
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
TSKHINVALI, 18 June 2001 (OSCE)-- Ambassador Jean-Michel Lacombe, Head of the OSCE Mission to Georgia, handed over an OSCE grant in form of office equipment to the Special Co-ordination Centre...

New OSCE photo gallery online

Publishing date: 28 May 2001
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, Elections, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector, Roma and Sinti
VIENNA, 28 May 2001 (OSCE)-- An online archive of images depicting the work of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe in its 21 field operations throughout south-eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia and Eastern Europe is now...

MOU signed on defense budget audit in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Publishing date: 3 April 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Arms control, Conflict prevention and resolution, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
SARAJEVO, 3 April 2001- The government of the Federation of BiH and the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina have signed a memorandum of understanding concerningan audit of the budget of the Ministry of Defense

CIO: Strong concern about escalation of violence in former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Publishing date: 8 March 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Arms control, Border management, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
LONDON, 7 March 2001-- The Chairman in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, has expressed his strong concern about the recent escalation of violence