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OSCE Ministers endorse successful negotiation of last section of Dayton/Paris Peace Accords

Publishing date: 4 December 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
BUCHAREST, 4 December 2001 (OSCE)- The OSCE, which is holding its two-day annual meeting in Bucharest, decided on Tuesday to endorse a major negotiating success- reaching consensus on the remaining aspect of the Dayton/Paris Peace Accords...

OSCE should address root causes of terrorism that are exploited by extremist ideologies

Publishing date: 3 December 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Summits / Ministerial Councils
What we do: Arms control, Combating trafficking in human beings, 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, Roma and Sinti
BUCHAREST, 3 December 2001- In his opening address to the OSCE Ministerial Council, which began in Bucharest today, the current Chairman-in-Office, Romania's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mircea Dan Geoana, issued a strong call...

International conference on countering terrorism to take place in Kyrgyzstan on 13 and 14 December

Publishing date: 29 November 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Democratization, Conflict prevention and resolution, Countering terrorism
VIENNA, 29 November 2001-- Highlighting the importance of the comprehensiveness of efforts to prevent and counter terrorism will be on top of the agenda of an international conference co-organized by the Organization for Security and...

OSCE Media Representative: more needs to be done to safeguard journalists working in conflict zones

Publishing date: 27 November 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 27 November 2001-- Several journalists have been killed over the past weeks in Afghanistan. Fifty-six journalists have already been killed world-wide this year, up from 53 in 2000, according to the World Association of Newspapers...

OSCE Ministerial Council agenda will examine counter-terrorism measures

Publishing date: 20 November 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Summits / Ministerial Councils
What we do: Arms control, Combating trafficking in human beings, 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, Roma and Sinti
VIENNA, 20 November 2001 (OSCE)- An action plan on counter-terrorism measures will feature on the agenda of the OSCE's Ninth Ministerial Council, which is scheduled to take place on 3 and 4 December in the Palace of Parliament, Bucharest...

South East European University opens in Tetovo, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Publishing date: 20 November 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues
THE HAGUE, 20 November 2001 (OSCE)- This morning, in an official ceremony, the South East European University was formally opened in Tetovo, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Speaking at the ceremony, the OSCE High Commissioner...

Panel discussions on 11 September events held in Uzbekistan

Publishing date: 19 November 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
TASHKENT, 19 November 2001-- On 19 November, the OSCE Centre in Tashkent co-organized in the Uzbek capital, Tashkent, a conference on the 11 September events and their impact on the Central Asian region...