News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE's role in Bosnia and Herzegovina remains crucial, says High Representative Lord Ashdown
Publishing date: 15 December 2005
VIENNA, 15 December 2005- The OSCE will continue to play a crucial part in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the outgoing High Representative and European Union Special Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Lord Paddy Ashdown, said today...
OSCE conference participants call for "global network" to suppress terrorist financing
Publishing date: 9 November 2005
VIENNA, 9 November 2005- High-level representatives from international organiza-tions and OSCE States, attending an anti-terrorism financing conference in Vienna, called today for the building of a "global anti-terrorism network" to help suppress...
NATO Secretary General calls for closer links with OSCE
Publishing date: 3 November 2005
VIENNA, 3 November 2005- Addressing representatives of the 55 participating States of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe today, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer called for the two organizations to translate their...
NATO Secretary General to address OSCE Permanent Council on Thursday
Publishing date: 2 November 2005
VIENNA, 2 November 2005- NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer will address Representatives of the 55 participating States of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe on Thursday 3 November...
OSCE States hold high-level consultations on reform of the Organization
Publishing date: 13 September 2005
VIENNA, 13 September 2005- A two-day, high-level meeting of the OSCE participating States has been considering wide-ranging proposals for the reform of the 55-nation body. These consultations continued a process...
Foreign Minister of Serbia and Montenegro urges OSCE States to back "provisional solution" on Kosovo
Publishing date: 6 September 2005
VIENNA, 6 September 2005-Serbia and Montenegro's Foreign Minister, Vuk Draskovic, called Tuesday for "compromise, compromise, compromise" in dialogue and negotiation over the future of Kosovo, in an address to a special meeting of the OSCE Permanent...
Council of Europe Secretary General to address OSCE Permanent Council on Thursday
Publishing date: 13 July 2005
VIENNA, 13 July 2005- Terry Davis, the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, will address the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna on Thursday, 14 July. Media representatives are invited to hear Mr Davis deliver his speech at 10.00...