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UN and OSCE to move onto second phase of joint initiative on environment and security
Publishing date: 21 May 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
PRAGUE, 21 May 2003- A joint United Nations-OSCE initiative to promote co-operation in environmental matters and security questions will receive a major boost today when the OSCE Economic Forum, taking place in Prague, will be linked via video...
OSCE seminar identifies drugs trafficking as major threat to economic security
Publishing date: 17 March 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
TASHKENT, 17 March 2003- The impact of drugs trafficking on national and international economies and global security tops the agenda of an international seminar organized by the OSCE in Uzbekistan today and tomorrow. More than 150 experts
OSCE seminar in Greece focuses on trafficking in human beings
Publishing date: 17 February 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
IOANNINA, Greece, 17 February 2003- "Slaves of the 21st Century." That is how Marcin Swiecicki, Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, described victims of the trafficking of human beings for cheap labour and for the sex...
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...
OSCE seminar to discuss economic effects of trafficking in small arms and light weapons
Publishing date: 7 November 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
VIENNA, 7 November 2002- A seminar in the Bulgarian capital, Sofia, will focus on the economic impact of trafficking in small arms and light weapons. The two-day seminar on 11 and 12 November and will be inaugurated by...
OSCE plays key role in fight against terrorism
Publishing date: 6 September 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, OSCE Secretariat
VIENNA, 6 September 2002- The 55-nation OSCE is well suited to the complex task of preventing and fighting international terrorism and can serve as a valuable resource in helping to focus the efforts of participating States and other regional...
OSCE Permanent Council discusses progress report on Croatia
Publishing date: 6 June 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues
VIENNA, 6 June 2002- The 55-nation Permanent Council of the OSCE discussed a report on Croatia's progress in meeting its international commitments today...