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PROTRACTED CONFLICTS ARE THE FOCUS OF OSCE SECURITY DAYS 2012
ARMENPRESS
25 June, 2012
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, JUNE 25, ARMENPRESS: New approaches to arms control, resolving
protracted conflicts and promoting reconciliation as foundations for
strengthening security in the OSCE area are the focus of OSCE Security
Days 2012 in Vienna today.
The inaugural Security Days event brings together a prominent group
of experts and OSCE delegates to discuss new security challenges and
the role of civil society in shaping a security community, Armenpress
reports citing the OSCE official website.
Taking place ahead of the OSCE's Annual Security Review
Conference, Security Days aims to open up the security debate beyond
intergovernmental processes to include academics, think tank experts,
journalists and the general public, said OSCE Secretary General
Lamberto Zannier.
"At the OSCE we are coming to an important juncture," said Zannier.
"We have started a vital debate on building a security community, which
represents a further step in developing a new security relationship in
the OSCE area, looking at the Euro-Atlantic dimension, the Eurasian
and the Euro-Mediterranean as well. This is forcing us to relook at
the traditional security tools of the OSCE, such as arms control,
confidence and security-building measures, globalization and
transnational threats. It raises important questions - how should
we adjust - do we need to evolve, do we need to reprioritize our
activities? The agenda for Security Days is wide open and leaves
space for everyone to contribute."
Opening speeches were also held by Ambassador Eoin O'Leary on behalf
of the 2012 Irish OSCE Chairmanship and the President of the Foreign
Policy and United Nations Association of Austria and former Austrian
Chancellor Wolfgang Schussel.
Sessions today include: "Shaping a Security Community: thematic
and geographic issues within a comprehensive security agenda";
"Shaping a Security Community: addressing emerging global
challenges. Developing a new approach to conventional arms control?";
and "Towards Reconciliation: addressing the protracted conflicts and
revitalizing dialogue".
From: A. Papazian
ARMENPRESS
25 June, 2012
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, JUNE 25, ARMENPRESS: New approaches to arms control, resolving
protracted conflicts and promoting reconciliation as foundations for
strengthening security in the OSCE area are the focus of OSCE Security
Days 2012 in Vienna today.
The inaugural Security Days event brings together a prominent group
of experts and OSCE delegates to discuss new security challenges and
the role of civil society in shaping a security community, Armenpress
reports citing the OSCE official website.
Taking place ahead of the OSCE's Annual Security Review
Conference, Security Days aims to open up the security debate beyond
intergovernmental processes to include academics, think tank experts,
journalists and the general public, said OSCE Secretary General
Lamberto Zannier.
"At the OSCE we are coming to an important juncture," said Zannier.
"We have started a vital debate on building a security community, which
represents a further step in developing a new security relationship in
the OSCE area, looking at the Euro-Atlantic dimension, the Eurasian
and the Euro-Mediterranean as well. This is forcing us to relook at
the traditional security tools of the OSCE, such as arms control,
confidence and security-building measures, globalization and
transnational threats. It raises important questions - how should
we adjust - do we need to evolve, do we need to reprioritize our
activities? The agenda for Security Days is wide open and leaves
space for everyone to contribute."
Opening speeches were also held by Ambassador Eoin O'Leary on behalf
of the 2012 Irish OSCE Chairmanship and the President of the Foreign
Policy and United Nations Association of Austria and former Austrian
Chancellor Wolfgang Schussel.
Sessions today include: "Shaping a Security Community: thematic
and geographic issues within a comprehensive security agenda";
"Shaping a Security Community: addressing emerging global
challenges. Developing a new approach to conventional arms control?";
and "Towards Reconciliation: addressing the protracted conflicts and
revitalizing dialogue".
From: A. Papazian