Newsroom
News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Troika Ministers address pressing OSCE issues at Bucharest meeting
Publishing date: 5 July 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Summits / Ministerial Councils, OSCE Mission in Kosovo, OSCE Mission to Moldova, OSCE Assistance Group to Chechnya (closed), OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights, Elections
BUCHAREST, 5 July 2000-- The Foreign Ministers of the OSCE Troika-- Benita Ferrero-Waldner of Austria, Petre Roman of Romania, and Espen Barth Eide (State Secretary) of...
Ombudsperson's Institution for Kosovo formed
Publishing date: 3 July 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues
PRISTINA, 3 July 2000-- The Ombudsperson\'s Institution, created by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, is soon to be established. The Special Representative of the Secretary General, Dr Bernard...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office speaks out against torture
Publishing date: 26 June 2000
Content type: Press release
What we do: Human rights
Vienna, 26 June 2000- \"Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment constitute an attempt to destroy a fellow human being physically and mentally...\"
OSCE and UNHCR concerned by lists designed to discourage return
Publishing date: 23 June 2000
ZAGREB, 23 June 2000- The OSCE Mission to Croatia and UNHCR are concerned about the recent appearance of unsigned lists of persons of Serb ethnicity...
OSCE condemns all attacks on journalists in Kosovo
Publishing date: 23 June 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development
Pristina, 23 June 2000-- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo condemns the shooting of a Serbian journalist in downtown Pristina earlier this week. The attack was a further example of...
Broadcast and print regulations for Kosovo media approved
Publishing date: 21 June 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development
PRISTINA, 21 June 2000-- Two regulations which fundamentally affect Kosovo\'s media have been signed by the Special Representative of the Secretary General...
OSCE Head of Mission to tour refugee return areas in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 19 June 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Human rights
SARAJEVO, 19 June 2000- Ambassador Robert L. Barry, Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina will visit refugee return areas in Konjic, Mostar and...