The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The OSCE is the world's largest regional security organization whose 56 participating States span the geographical area from Vancouver to Vladivostok.
Press releases
OSCE Chairperson condemns fatal shooting of Georgian police officer
ATHENS, 16 January 2009 - The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis, today condemned the fatal shooting of a Georgian police officer near the South Ossetian administrative boundary.
Features
OSCE training helps Serbian media cover reform of security sector
A training course supported by the OSCE Mission to Serbia is helping journalists provide better coverage of ongoing reforms in the country's security sector.
OSCE helps report human traffickers in Kosovo
For two weeks, the OSCE is supporting an information campaign to promote Kosovo's anti-trafficking helpline. The aim is to increase the information flow between the public and the authorities to combat trafficking in human beings.
OSCE Minorities Commissioner seeks stable solution to plight of Meskhetians
Abkhazia and South Ossetia continue to be at the centre of international attention. Another issue in Georgia, which the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities is focusing on, is the return of Meskhetians deported by Stalin to their homeland.
Greece holds the OSCE Chairmanship in 2009. Photo: the Acropolis hill in Athens with the ruins of the Parthenon symbolic of Greece's long history. (Greek National Tourism Organisation)
PUBLICATION: OSCE Magazine December 2008
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First Part of the 17th Meeting of the OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum
19 January 2009–20 January 2009
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