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OSCE Newsletter now online: Netherlands Chair to focus on human security
VIENNA 16 January 2003
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 Ministerial Council meeting in Porto in December, which adopted a Charter on Preventing and Combating Terrorism, guidelines to meet new challenges to security and a range of other decisions crucial to the OSCE's future role.
Other stories:Cross-border co-operation .Central Asian officials take a close look at how France, Germany and Switzerland manage their common borders.Bosnian women take their place at the negotiating table .The OSCE is one of the few organizations pushing for the inclusion of women in conflict prevention and conflict resolution activities.Tetovo's City Desk comes of age .A multi-ethnic news agency born out of conflict is reducing the ideological gap between Macedonian and Albanian journalists.
Articles on human rights, elections, economic, environmental and politico-military aspects of security supplement news from the 18 field operations and the four specialized institutions of the OSCE.
The Newsletter also focuses on the Ministerial Council meeting in Porto in December, which adopted a Charter on Preventing and Combating Terrorism, guidelines to meet new challenges to security and a range of other decisions crucial to the OSCE's future role.
Other stories:
- New projects strengthen link between security and environment
Articles on human rights, elections, economic, environmental and politico-military aspects of security supplement news from the 18 field operations and the four specialized institutions of the OSCE.