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OSCE States will fund long-term scheme to destroy surplus weapons and explosives in Georgia

Publishing date: 30 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Arms control, Countering terrorism, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
TBILISI, 30 January 2003-- An agreement was signed today between the Georgian authorities and the OSCE, establishing a project to eliminate or recycle vast munitions dumps, which are a threat to the safety, ecology and security of the country.

OSCE Newsletter now online: Netherlands Chair to focus on human security

Publishing date: 16 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, 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, Countering terrorism, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector, Roma and Sinti
VIENNA, 16 January 2003- An interview with the new Chairman-in-Office, Dutch Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, is the lead item in the latest issue of the OSCE Newsletter, now available online. The Newsletter also focuses on...

The Netherlands takes over OSCE Chairmanship

Publishing date: 7 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Troika, Permanent Council
What we do: Arms control, Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Border management, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections, Countering terrorism, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector, Roma and Sinti
VIENNA/THE HAGUE, 7 January 2003- The Netherlands will make the fight against trafficking in human beings, weapons and drugs a key focus of its Chairmanship of the OSCE, which began on 1 January. "The Netherlands has decided to focus attention...

OSCE agrees Charter on Preventing Terrorism

Publishing date: 7 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Summits / Ministerial Councils
What we do: Countering terrorism
PORTO, 7 December 2002- The OSCE ended its 10th Ministerial Council on Saturday by adopting an OSCE Charter on Preventing and Combating Terrorism and agreeing guidelines to meet new challenges to security in the 21st century...

OSCE's role will be recast to meet new threats to security

Publishing date: 6 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Summits / Ministerial Councils
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Border management, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections, Countering terrorism, National minority issues, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
PORTO, 6 December 2002- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Portugal's Foreign Minister Antonio Martins da Cruz, called today for the adoption of a Charter on Preventing and Combating Terrorism to reaffirm the Organization's strong commitment in this area...

OSCE Chairman urges action on social, economic causes of terrorism

Publishing date: 5 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Summits / Ministerial Councils, Troika
What we do: Countering terrorism
PORTO, 5 December 2002- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Portuguese Foreign Minister Antonio Martins da Cruz, called on participating states and their Asian partners on Thursday to tackle the economic and social problems which can...

OSCE Chairman-in-Office completes Central Asia visit in Turkmenistan

Publishing date: 5 November 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Democratization, Countering terrorism, Media freedom and development, National minority issues
ASHGABAD, 5 November 2002- The OSCE is paying increased attention to Central Asia, the Chairman-in-Office (CiO), Portugal's Foreign Minister Antonio Martins da Cruz, stressed in the Turkmen capital Ashgabad, after completing...