News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro supports implementation of law on free access to information
Publishing date: 27 May 2005
BELGRADE, 27 May 2005- The law on free access to information and the rights of citizens to seek and receive information, as well as the obligations of the State in this respect, were the focus of a meeting that ended in Vrsac on 25 May...
New mechanisms for combating trafficking in human beings needed, says OSCE special representative
Publishing date: 26 May 2005
BELGRADE, 26 May 2005- The OSCE Special Representative on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings today called for a review of the mechanisms for combating human trafficking. Speaking at a conference in Belgrade, organized by the OSCE Mission to...
ODIHR election observation opens in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 26 May 2005
BISHKEK/WARSAW, 26 May 2005- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights has established an Election Observation Mission for Kyrgyzstan's 10 July presidential election. The Mission is composed of 15 experts based in Bishkek and 26...
OSCE Tashkent centre co-organizes conference on international best practices in criminal procedure
Publishing date: 26 May 2005
TASHKENT, 26 May 2005- International best practices in arrest and pre-trial detention were the focus of a conference that ended today in the Uzbek capital. Practical implications of transferring authority for arrest and pre-trial detention to courts...
Belarus destroys shoulder fired anti-aircraft missiles in co-operation with OSCE
Publishing date: 25 May 2005
MINSK, 25 May 2005- In an effort to eliminate surplus small arms and light weapons and improve stockpile security and management, the Belarusian military today destroyed the first 14 out of 29 shoulder fired anti-aircraft missiles...
Acting Kyrgyz President Bakiev to address OSCE Permanent Council on Monday with OSCE Chairman
Publishing date: 25 May 2005
VIENNA, 25 May 2005- Kyrgyzstan's Acting President Kurmanbek Bakiev will address a special session of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna on Monday, 30 May, with the OSCE Chairman, Slovenia's Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel. Issues including the...
ODIHR Director visits Kyiv for follow-up to election report
Publishing date: 24 May 2005
WARSAW, 24 May 2005- The Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) is visiting Ukraine on 24-25 May to discuss follow-up to the Office's final report on the Ukrainian presidential election in 2004...
OSCE Mission to Croatia condemns Vukovar bomb attacks
Publishing date: 23 May 2005
ZAGREB, 23 May 2005- The spokesperson of the OSCE Mission to Croatia, Antonella Cerasino, today condemned a series of bomb attacks that occurred over the weekend in the Vukovar area...
OSCE Chairman calls for improvements in integrating legal immigrants
Publishing date: 23 May 2005
PRAGUE, 23 May 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office urged the Organization's 55 participating States on Monday to improve the position of legal immigrants and ensure they have an opportunity to become fully integrated into host societies.
Statement by the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Dr. Dimitrij Rupel on the situation in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 20 May 2005
LJUBLJANA, 20 May 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Foreign Minister of the Republic of Slovenia, Dr Dimitrij Rupel, calls on Uzbekistan as a participating State of the OSCE and a member of other international organizations to allow an independent...