News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Message on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Publishing date: 19 March 2006
A statement by the Council of Europe's European Commission against Racism and Intolerance, the European Union's European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia, and the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights.
Croatian seminar focuses on including national minorities in decision-making process
Publishing date: 17 March 2006
ZAGREB, 17 March 2006- Participants at a seminar on national minorities organized by the Croatian Government in Zagreb today stressed the importance of including Croatia's minority groups at all levels of decision-making and improving the co-operation...
OSCE conference calls for better co-ordination in battle against human trafficking
Publishing date: 17 March 2006
VIENNA, 17 March 2006- The OSCE plays an important co-ordination role in the battle against human trafficking, its Special Representative on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings Helga Konrad said at today's opening of a high-level conference...
OSCE election observers to announce their findings in Belarus on Monday
Publishing date: 17 March 2006
MINSK, 17 March, 2006- The OSCE Election Observation Mission deployed to monitor the 19 March presidental election in Belarus will announce its preliminary findings and conclusions at a press conference on Monday. The Mission is a joint undertaking...
OSCE Chairman Karel De Gucht deplores atmosphere of growing intimidation in the run-up to the elections in Belarus
Publishing date: 17 March 2006
BRUSSELS, 17 March 2006- OSCE Chairman, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, is increasingly concerned about the situation in the run-up to Sunday's Presidential election in Belarus. He condemns the harassment and arrests of opposition...
OSCE Baku conference focuses on enhancing transport security and co-operation
Publishing date: 16 March 2006
BAKU, 16 March 2006- The role of transport in promoting regional co-operation and security is the focus of an OSCE conference that opened today in Baku. It brought together over 180 participants, representing governments, international...
OSCE remains major actor in Bosnia and Herzegovina, says new High Representative Schwarz-Schilling
Publishing date: 16 March 2006
VIENNA, 16 March 2006- Christian Schwarz-Schilling, the new High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, stressed today the continued close co-operation between the OSCE and his Office to move the country toward full partnership with Europe...
OSCE Skopje Mission supports development of Ombudsman Institution
Publishing date: 16 March 2006
SKOPJE, 16 March 2006- Improving management skills of the personnel in the Ombudsman Office was the aim of a training course, which ended today in Skopje. The event, part of a project implemented by the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje...
OSCE Office trains women in Azerbaijan in strategic planning
Publishing date: 15 March 2006
BAKU, 15 March 2006- An OSCE-supported workshop aimed at helping non-governmental organizations define their mission goals and translate their visions into mission statements and realistic objectives concluded today in Baku...
OSCE Mission supports transformation of Serbian police high school into training Centre
Publishing date: 15 March 2006
BELGRADE, 15 March 2006- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, Amb. Hans Ola Urstad, today welcomed the decision of the Serbian Interior Ministry to transform the Police school in Sremska Kamenica into a Basic Police Training Centre...