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OSCE meeting focuses on fighting cross-border organized crime in south-east Europe

Publishing date: 20 February 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSCE Mission in Kosovo, OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed), OSCE Mission to Serbia, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Border management, Countering terrorism
VIENNA, 20 February 2004- Combating organized crime, trafficking and terrorism in south-eastern Europe (SEE) was high on the agenda of a pioneering meeting which ends today in Vienna. The Seminar on Cross-border Co-operation in SEE, the first of a...

OSCE hosts first-ever international workshop on threat of shoulder-fired missiles to civil aviation

Publishing date: 23 January 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Countering terrorism, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
VIENNA, 23 January 2004- The growing threat that man-portable air defence systems (MANPADs) in the hands of terrorists pose against civil aviation topped the agenda of an international conference held jointly by the OSCE and the International Civil...

OSCE Secretariat calls for proposals for video project

Publishing date: 7 October 2003
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, Countering terrorism, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector, Roma and Sinti
VIENNA, 7 October 2003- The OSCE Secretariat in Vienna is requesting professional TV production companies to submit proposals for a video film, promoting the work of the Organization. In 2004, the OSCE plans to finalize a 30-minute promotional...

Council of Europe Secretary General highlights human trafficking in OSCE address

Publishing date: 24 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Partnerships
What we do: Countering terrorism
VIENNA, 24 July 2003- The Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Walter Schwimmer, today stressed the need for co-ordinated and decisive action by European institutions in consolidating democracy and the rule of law...

OSCE inaugurates Annual Security Review Conference in Vienna

Publishing date: 25 June 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Conflict prevention and resolution, Countering terrorism, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
VIENNA, 25 June 2003- Opening the OSCE's first-ever Annual Security Review Conference, Ambassador Daan Everts, Head of the OSCE Task Force of the Netherlands Chairmanship, called for the meeting to produce practical tasks and recommendations...

OSCE Secretary General outlines Organization's response to new threats to security

Publishing date: 11 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Partnerships, OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights, Countering terrorism
NEW YORK, 11 April 2003- OSCE Secretary General Jan Kubis outlined the 55-nation security organization's response to new threats to peace and security at a meeting at the United Nations Security Council on Friday. Addressing a high-level...

OSCE's Skopje Mission co-hosts international workshop on travel documentation

Publishing date: 1 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Countering terrorism, Policing
SKOPJE, 1 April 2003- A three-day workshop in Ohrid will look at ways to control and identify fraudulent and counterfeit travel documentation, as well as the use of legal travel documents for illegal purposes, such as trafficking in human...