News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine signs Plan of Co-operation with Central Election Commission
Publishing date: 8 September 2005
KYIV, 8 September 2005- The Ukrainian Central Election Commission (CEC) today signed a Plan of Co-operation with the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine during a joint press conference at CEC headquarters.
OSCE Chairman urges participating States to draw up a blueprint for Organization's reform
Publishing date: 7 September 2005
BRDO PRI KRANJU, Slovenia, 7 September 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, called on participating States to "roll up their sleeves and get down to business" in a keynote address to an OSCE reform conference...
OSCE Baku Office trains law enforcement agencies on freedom of assembly issues
Publishing date: 6 September 2005
BAKU, 6 September 2005- Over 50 representatives of Azerbaijani law enforcement agencies today completed one-week training programme on correct police conduct during public demonstrations and received certificates of recognition from the OSCE Office...
Foreign Minister of Serbia and Montenegro urges OSCE States to back "provisional solution" on Kosovo
Publishing date: 6 September 2005
VIENNA, 6 September 2005-Serbia and Montenegro's Foreign Minister, Vuk Draskovic, called Tuesday for "compromise, compromise, compromise" in dialogue and negotiation over the future of Kosovo, in an address to a special meeting of the OSCE Permanent...
OSCE Chairman stresses importance of top-level contacts between Armenia and Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 6 September 2005
YEREVAN, 6 September 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, stressed the importance of continuous contacts between Azerbaijan and Armenia at the highest level in meetings with President Robert Kocharian...
OSCE Centre helps Kazakhstan prepare for ratification of pollution control protocol
Publishing date: 6 September 2005
ALMATY, 6 September 2005- A set of recommendations to assist Kazakhstan to ratify the Kyiv Protocol on pollutant release and transfer registers was offered at a meeting of government officials, experts and civil society representatives...
OSCE media watchdog concerned over situation in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 5 September 2005
VIENNA, 5 September 2005- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, has said he is concerned about the fate of independent media in Tajikistan because the majority of the independent papers are not published...
OSCE Chairman encouraged by signs of progress on Nagorno-Karabakh issue
Publishing date: 5 September 2005
BAKU, 5 September 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, said today in Baku that he was encouraged by progress on the Nagorno-Karabakh issue reached in the course of contacts between Azerbaijan and Armenia....
OSCE Mission assists Georgia in police reform
Publishing date: 2 September 2005
TBILISI, 2 September 2005- A team of OSCE police experts today met officials of the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs to discuss short-term measures for the ongoing police reform in the country...
OSCE Mission Head praises construction of Holocaust Memorial Centre in Skopje
Publishing date: 2 September 2005
SKOPJE, 2 September 2005- The Head of the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje said that the construction of a Holocaust Memorial Centre in the capital, which began today, will serve as reminder of the country's commitment to diversity and human...