News and press releases

News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.

OSCE Missions continue efforts in Central Asia, Caucasus and Baltics

Publishing date: 7 December 2000

Content type: Press release

Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Mission to Moldova, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed), OSCE Mission in Estonia (closed), OSCE Mission in Latvia (closed), OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)

What we do: Democratization, Border management, Conflict prevention and resolution

VIENNA, 7 December 2000- The OSCE Permanent Council today decided to extend the mandates of seven OSCE Missions in Central Asia, the Caucasus and the Baltics and Eastern Europe.

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Conference on mass media in Central Asia: present and future

Publishing date: 15 November 2000

Content type: Press release

Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan

What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Digital switchover, Media freedom and development, Media laws

DUSHANBE, 15 November 2000-- On 14-15 November 2000 more than 90 journalists from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, along with OSCE media officers and media specialists, met in Dushanbe, Tajikistan for an international conference...

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Priorities set to counter drugs, trafficking and organized crime in Central Asia

Publishing date: 20 October 2000

Content type: Press release

Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan

What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization

TASHKENT, 20 October 2000- At an international conference on enhancing regional security and stability, the five Central Asian countries endorsed a document...

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OSCE Chairperson-in-Office deeply concerned about terrorist activities in Central Asia

Publishing date: 16 August 2000

Content type: Press release

Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan

VIENNA, 16 August 2000-- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Austrian Foreign Minister Benita Ferrero-Waldner, is deeply concerned about reports that since early August groups using terror and intimidation...