News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE/ODIHR opens observation mission in Skopje for referendum
Publishing date: 12 October 2004
WARSAW, 12 October 2004- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights has deployed an observation mission to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia for the 7 November referendum on the Law on Territorial Organization, which sets out...
OSCE Skopje mission supports free legal advice project "Lawyers in Municipalities"
Publishing date: 12 October 2004
SKOPJE, 12 October 2004- The third phase of free legal advice project, entitled Lawyers in Municipalities, began today in the towns of Lipkovo, Aracinovo, Bogovinje and Kamenjane. Initiated and financed by the OSCE's Skopje mission, the project offers...
OSCE Mission welcomes Georgian Parliament's new Code of Conduct for public trust
Publishing date: 12 October 2004
TBILISI, 12 October 2004- Head of OSCE Mission to Georgia today welcomed the Georgian Parliament's adoption of its new Code of Conduct as another step towards strengthened democratic values and public accountability. "I recognize the Parliament's...
OSCE/ODIHR expresses concern over unprecedented verbal attacks on Election Observation Mission in Belarus
Publishing date: 11 October 2004
WARSAW/MINSK, 11 October 2004- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights Election Observation Mission to the 17 October parliamentary elections in Belarus has recently been the object of sustained negative and aggressive...
OSCE Chairman discusses elections with Afghan President Karzai
Publishing date: 11 October 2004
SOFIA, 11 October 2004- Afghan President Hamid Karzai expressed his great appreciation and gratitude for the participation of the OSCE Election Support Team in his country's first-ever presidential elections on 9 October. During a phone conversation...
OSCE/ODIHR experts visit Albania to support electoral reform process
Publishing date: 11 October 2004
TIRANA, 11 October 2004- A two-member team of election experts from the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) began a two-day visit to Albania today. This follows...
Serbian law enforcers receive OSCE Mission training on investigating human trafficking cases
Publishing date: 11 October 2004
BELGRADE, 11 October 2004- Proper investigation of human trafficking cases in Serbia is the focus of a training session to start today in Belgrade, organized by the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro. Members of special anti-trafficking police team
OSCE Chairman-in-Office welcomes peaceful conduct of Afghanistan's first-ever presidential elections
Publishing date: 11 October 2004
SOFIA, 10 October 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, welcomed today the largely peaceful and orderly conduct of Afghanistan's presidential elections. "We are very impressed...
Head of the OSCE Election Support Team in Afghanistan issues statement on presidential election
Publishing date: 10 October 2004
KABUL, 10 October 2004- Ambassador Robert Barry, the Head of the OSCE Election Support Team in Afghanistan, today issued the following statement: "The OSCE's 40 election experts had the opportunity to evaluate...
OSCE Mission helps raise the visibility of problems faced by women in politics
Publishing date: 8 October 2004
BELGRADE, 8 October 2004- In light of the recent local elections in Serbia, 25 women, representing their respective municipalities, gathered in Belgrade to evaluate the "Women can do it 3" project aimed at the political empowerment of women in...