News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Permanent Council creates new Mission to Montenegro, renames Belgrade-based mission
Publishing date: 29 June 2006
VIENNA, 29 June 2006- The OSCE Permanent Council agreed today on the opening of a new Mission to Montenegro, while renaming the former Mission to the now-dissolved Serbia & Montenegro as the OSCE Mission to Serbia. This follows last week's decision...
OSCE Mission and Kosovo authorities inaugurate police inspectorate
Publishing date: 28 June 2006
PRISTINA, 28 June 2006- The PISG Ministry of Internal Affairs and the OSCE Mission today inaugurated the Police Inspectorate of Kosovo (PIK), a body designed to ensure that the police are accountable to the people it serves and which will investigate...
OSCE Chairman sees room for improvement in Organization but no need for drastic overhaul
Publishing date: 28 June 2006
WASHINGTON, 28 June 2006- There is room to improve the efficiency of the OSCE but no need to alter the nature of the Organization profoundly or tamper with the delicate balance of power in the 56-nation group, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian...
OSCE Yerevan Office co-organizes meeting to combat money-laundering and financing of terrorism
Publishing date: 27 June 2006
YEREVAN, 27 June 2006- Armenian authorities learnt about modern tools in the fight against money-laundering and financing of terrorism today at a meeting co-organized by the OSCE Office in Yerevan and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office defends Centre in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 27 June 2006
BRUSSELS, 27 June 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, defended the Organization's Centre in Ashgabad today and rejected persistent allegations that Turkmenistan is making against an OSCE staff member there...
OSCE presents Alliance of Civilizations report to UN Secretary-General
Publishing date: 26 June 2006
UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK, 26 June 2006- The two top officials from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe handed UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan a report today to help his initiative to overcome the clash of cultures...
OSCE/ODIHR report says partial repeat elections in Azerbaijan highlight need for further reform
Publishing date: 26 June 2006
WARSAW, 26 June 2006- The overall conduct of the 13 May 2006 partial repeat parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan underscores the continuing need for electoral reform, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights says in a new...
OSCE Chairman tells UN conference civil society can help thwart small arms trade
Publishing date: 26 June 2006
UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK, 26 June 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, urged United Nations member states today to work with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to bolster government efforts to stop the global...
OSCE Mission calls for adequate resources to help rehabilitate torture victims
Publishing date: 26 June 2006
PRISTINA- 26 June 2006- The Acting Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Jens Modvig, marked the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture today by calling for rehabilitation resources to be made available to torture victims...
OSCE/ODIHR issues recommendations on Ukrainian elections
Publishing date: 23 June 2006
WARSAW, 23 June 2006- The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights urges Ukraine to establish a centralized voter register, harmonize its election-related laws and increase the professionalism of lower-level election commissions...