News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairman deeply concerned over reported deaths in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict
Publishing date: 13 August 2004
SOFIA, 13 August 2004- OSCE Chairman-in-Office Solomon Passy said he was deeply concerned about the escalation of military confrontation in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict, and in particular about reports of deaths, casualties and firing...
OSCE Centre trains domestic observers for December elections in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 13 August 2004
TASHKENT, 13 August 2004- As the parliamentary elections date in Uzbekistan draws closer, the OSCE Centre in Tashkent will launch its last training session for domestic election observers on Monday, 16 August. 90 representatives of civil society...
OSCE Office helps launch environmental education programme for schoolchildren in Armenia
Publishing date: 13 August 2004
YEREVAN, 12 August 2004- The OSCE Office in Yerevan launched today an environmental education programme for schoolchildren which will help increase environmental awareness and contribute to environmental education in Armenia...
OSCE/ODIHR begins observation of parliamentary election in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 11 August 2004
ASTANA/WARSAW, 11 August 2004- The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights has established an Election Observation Mission to observe the 19 September parliamentary election in Kazakhstan. The Mission, headed by Robert L. Barry from...
OSCE Chairman concerned over Transdniestria schools issue in Moldova
Publishing date: 11 August 2004
SOFIA, 11 August 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office Solomon Passy said today he is following with great concern the developments in Moldova, related to the settlement of the Transdniestrian conflict. "Finding a solution to the Moldovan Latin script...
OSCE Skopje Mission and Italian Embassy assist Border Police modernisation
Publishing date: 10 August 2004
SKOPJE, 10 August 2004- Over 60,000 Euros worth of computer equipment for the Border Police has been handed over to the Interior Ministry in Skopje today. The equipment will enable border police offices in the south and the east of the country to...
Future lawyers of Uzbekistan attend OSCE Centre training on human rights
Publishing date: 10 August 2004
TASHKENT, 10 August 2004- The OSCE Centre in Tashkent and the American Bar Association launched a summer school for 24 law students to enhance practical legal skills of future lawyers. The 12-day training programme in Charvak will also help to improve...
OSCE Chairman believes time ripe for transforming Organization to meet changed political realities
Publishing date: 9 August 2004
VIENNA, 9 August 2004- In a letter sent at the start of the OSCE's traditional summer break, the Chairman-in-Office, Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, has signalled his intention to try and push through various reforms, in order to...
OSCE Chairman announces decision to send special expert team to support Afghan presidential elections
Publishing date: 6 August 2004
SOFIA, 6 August 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, has written to Afghanistan's Foreign Minister, Abdullah Abdullah, confirming that the Organization intends to support the 9 October Afghan presidential...
OSCE Skopje Mission helps keep borders open but safe
Publishing date: 6 August 2004
SKOPJE, 6 August 2004- A second generation of 279 Border Police Officers graduated today from the Idrizovo Police Academy, which is supported by the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje. As former members of the Defence Ministry's Border Brigade...