News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Armenia's national-judicial staff debate constitutional amendments to underpin sustainable development
Publishing date: 2 August 2005
YEREVAN, 2 August 2005- Judges, prosecutors, and staff members of Armenia's Constitutional Court met today in Yerevan to discuss constitutional guarantees for sustainable development in the country...
Helsinki 30 years on: OSCE Chairman calls for 'same political courage' to guide future of the Organization
Publishing date: 1 August 2005
HELSINKI, 1 August 2005- Invoking the spirit of Helsinki of three decades ago, the Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, said the Organization's members needed to display the same political courage in plotting...
OSCE Secretary General visits Tashkent, calls for stronger ties with Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 29 July 2005
TASHKENT, 29 July 2005- OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut stressed the need to strengthen the relationship between the Organization and Uzbekistan in talks here with President Islam Karimov and Foreign Minister Elyer Ganiyev on...
OSCE Centre promotes summer training camp on democratic values and principles
Publishing date: 28 July 2005
DUSHANBE, 28 July 2005- A 12-day summer camp for students which aims to help them learn about the values of democracy and elections opened in Tajikistan today...
Local government reform of utmost importance, says Head of OSCE Kosovo Mission
Publishing date: 22 July 2005
PRISTINA, 22 July 2005- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo today welcomed the signing of Administrative Direction No. 2005/11 on Pilot Projects by the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General Soren Jessen-Petersen, calling it a step which will bring...
OSCE Office commemorates National Press Day in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 22 July 2005
BAKU, 22 July 2005- Congratulating the Azerbaijani media on the occasion of the 130th National Press Day, the OSCE Office in Baku today underlined the importance of a free media environment for the democratic future of Azerbaijan. "Much has to be...
OSCE Mission Head welcomes decision to create human rights cells in Kosovo ministries
Publishing date: 22 July 2005
PRISTINA, 22 July 2005- The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Werner Wnendt, welcomed today's decision by Prime Minister Bajram Kosumi to create Human Rights Cells in each of the ministries in the executive branch of the Provisional...
OSCE field office boosts job prospects for young people in southern Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 21 July 2005
OSH, 21 July 2005- Twenty young unemployed people from the southern city of Osh in Kyrgyzstan today started a training workshop aimed at improving their job opportunities or prospects for further study. "Young people in the south are often well...
OSCE Chairman calls for Partnership for Prosperity in OSCE region
Publishing date: 20 July 2005
VIENNA, 20 July 2005- OSCE Chairman Dimitrij Rupel called on Wednesday for a "Partnership for Prosperity" to boost economic development in the post-communist countries of the OSCE region. At a conference marking the Helsinki Final Act's 30th...
OSCE Office in Yerevan awards public radio program
Publishing date: 19 July 2005
YEREVAN, 19 July 2005- The "Radiolur" ("Radio news") programme of Armenian Public Radio was yesterday awarded by the OSCE Office in Yerevan for efficient, objective and diverse news broadcasting. Presenting the award...