News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Office begins training course to monitor places of detention in Armenia
Publishing date: 26 April 2006
YEREVAN, 26 April 2006- A four-day training course to increase the professional capacity of public monitoring groups to monitor places of detention started today in Tsakhkadzor in Armenia. The course, organized by the OSCE Office in Yerevan together...
OSCE Chairman raises rule of law, democratic institutions and economic development with Albanian authorities; urges resumed work on electoral reform
Publishing date: 26 April 2006
TIRANA, 26 April 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, held talks in Tirana with President Alfred Moisiu, Prime Minister Sali Berisha and Foreign Minister Besnik Mustafaj. The OSCE Chairman called on Albanian...
OSCE, Council of Europe concerned over Serbian Law on Churches and Religious Communities
Publishing date: 26 April 2006
BELGRADE, 26 April 2006- The OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro and the Council of Europe Office in Belgrade express their concern about certain provisions of the recently adopted Serbian Law on Churches and Religious Communities...
OSCE-Thailand conference focuses on challenges to security 'from poverty to pandemics'
Publishing date: 25 April 2006
BANGKOK, 25 April 2006- OSCE, Thai and regional officials are focusing over the next two days on challenges to global security, at an international conference under the theme 'From Poverty to Pandemic'. Meeting for the third time in Bangkok since...
OSCE/ODIHR deploys team to observe partial repeat of parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 25 April 2006
WARSAW/BAKU, 25 April 2006- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has established a Limited Election Observation Mission in Baku in advance of repeat parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan, being held on 13 May in 10 of...
OSCE/ODIHR report on Uzbekistan trials calls for verdicts on 15 Andijan defendants to be set aside
Publishing date: 24 April 2006
WARSAW, 23 April 2006- In a report released today, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, ODIHR, raises concerns regarding violations of the right to a fair trial in Uzbekistan. The report is based on monitoring of the trials...
OSCE-supported information and training centre opens doors in Uzbekistan's Lower House of Parliament
Publishing date: 24 April 2006
TASHKENT, 24 April 2006- An information and training centre to assist Uzbekistan's parliamentarians in the field of parliamentary affairs opened today in the Lower House of Uzbekistan's Parliament (Oliy Majlis)...
OSCE Chairman in Office Karel De Gucht on constitutional amendments in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 24 April 2006
BRUSSELS, 24 April 2006- OSCE Chairman-in-Office Karel De Gucht welcomed the adoption of the constitutional amendments by the Constitutional and Legal Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives and urged the plenary session of both houses to...
OSCE Centre promotes development of eco-tourism in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 22 April 2006
ALMATY, 22 April 2006- Developing ecological tourism in the Charyn national park in the south-east of Kazakhstan was the focus of a meeting, organized today by the OSCE Centre in Almaty. Participants, including representatives...
OSCE Skopje Mission supports development of national referral mechanism
Publishing date: 21 April 2006
SKOPJE, 21 April 2006- Participants of a meeting held today in Skopje supported the further development of the National Referral Mechanism Office in order to strengthen the country's capability to provide help to victims of human trafficking...