News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Assessment of the implementation of Criteria on School Names and Symbols in BiH starts today
Publishing date: 2 March 2006
SARAJEVO, 2 March 2006- The Co-ordination Board for the Implementation of the In-terim Agreement on Specific Needs and Rights of Returnee Children begins the assessment of the implementation of Criteria on School Names and Symbols...
OSCE voices concern over course of investigation of murdered Azerbaijani journalist
Publishing date: 2 March 2006
BAKU, 2 March 2006- The Head of the OSCE Office in Baku, Ambassador Maurizio Pavesi, today called on the Azerbaijani authorities to take all necessary steps in order to bring those responsible for the murder of journalist Elmar Huseynov to justice as...
ODIHR Director's mandate extended
Publishing date: 28 February 2006
BRUSSELS, 28 February 2006- OSCE Chairman-in-Office Karel De Gucht, the Belgian Foreign Minister, has welcomed the decision of the Ministerial Council to extend the mandate of the Director of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights...
OSCE Office holds seminar on electoral systems and party financing in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 28 February 2006
BAKU, 28 February 2006- Structural problems in the Azerbaijani electoral system and the financing of political parties were the focus of a seminar organized by the OSCE Office in Baku which ended today. The event, entitled...
OSCE media freedom representative asks prosecutors in Russia and Belarus to drop 'cartoon cases'
Publishing date: 24 February 2006
VIENNA, 24 February 2006- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media appealed to prosecutors in Russia and Belarus to drop criminal charges against newspapers under investigation for "incitement of hatred" after illustrating articles...
OSCE Centre in Almaty helps entrepreneurs contribute to national pollutant register
Publishing date: 24 February 2006
ALMATY, 23 February 2006- The OSCE Centre in Almaty and the Kazakhstan Business Council for Sustainable Development is organizing training for entrepreneurs on an international protocol that is expected to reduce the level of pollution...
OSCE Chairman calls for return to negotiations on Georgian-Ossetian conflict
Publishing date: 22 February 2006
BRUSSELS, 22 February 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CiO), Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, today urged all parties involved in the Georgian-Ossetian conflict to return to the negotiating table, exercise restraint and...
UN and OSCE Centre open conference regarding the establishment of a national human rights institution in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 22 February 2006
DUSHANBE, 22 February 2006- The United Nations Tajikistan Office of Peace-Building and the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe opened today a two-day conference on the establishment of an independent national human rights institution in Tajikistan...
OSCE media freedom representative delivers report on cartoon controversy
Publishing date: 17 February 2006
VIENNA, 17 February 2006- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media yesterday delivered a report to the OSCE Permanent Council on the current media freedom issues in the OSCE region, including an analysis of the recent cartoon controversy...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office calls on Serbian authorities to negotiate "compromise solution" for Kosovo
Publishing date: 17 February 2006
BELGRADE, 17 February 2006- At the end of a three-day visit to Podgorica, Pristina and Belgrade, the OSCE Chairman Karel De Gucht, urged the Serbian authorities to negotiate a compromise solution for the future status of Kosovo. "I encourage you...