News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE and UNHCR support regional refugee return process
Publishing date: 28 November 2003
BELGRADE, 28 November 2003- The Heads of the OSCE Missions and the Representatives of the UNHCR in Serbia and Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Croatia met today in Belgrade to review the framework of the enhanced regional co-operation on...
Over 33,000 returnee children enrolled in schools in Bosnia and Herzegovina return area
Publishing date: 20 November 2003
SARAJEVO, 20 November 2003- A statistical report on the implementation of the Interim Agreement on Returnee Children, presented today at a meeting in Banja Luka, showed that this school year over 400 school-age returnee children enrolled in schools...
BiH children cannot be left behind, OSCE Mission Head says
Publishing date: 15 November 2003
SARAJEVO, 15 November 2003- More than 350 students, parents, educators, authorities, NGO and international community representatives gathered today in Sarajevo, at the Fourth OSCE Education Forum, to discuss ways to provide modern and quality...
OSCE Mission encourages BiH entity on new conscientious objection instruction
Publishing date: 28 October 2003
SARAJEVO, 28 October 2003- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina is encouraging the Federation BiH Minister of Defence to proceed rapidly with the implementation of a new instruction on conscientious objectors. Miroslav Nikolic, the...
OSCE Mission organizes visit to support transparent and open leadership in Kosovo
Publishing date: 20 October 2003
PRISTINA, 20 October 2003- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo's Democratisation Department has arranged for a group of municipal information officers to visit their counterparts in two cities in neighbouring Bosnia and Herzegovina over the next two days...
OSCE organizes roundtables on equal access to education in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 16 October 2003
SARAJEVO, 16 October 2003- The right of children with special needs to enjoy equal education free from discrimination was one of the key points discussed at an OSCE-organized series of roundtables in Bosnia and Herzegovina that ended today...
OSCE Mission supports refugee return accord between Belgrade and Sarajevo
Publishing date: 6 October 2003
BELGRADE, 6 October 2003- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, Ambassador Maurizio Massari, welcomed the agreement on refugee returns, signed today between Serbia and Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The OSCE Mission...