News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Human rights quiz offers prospect of a "Happy New Year" to inmates of women's prison in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 29 December 2003
DUSHANBE, 29 December 2003- A women's prison in Tajikistan was the unusual setting for a human rights quiz organized recently by the OSCE's Centre in Dushanbe and its Kulyab field office, in co-operation with the prison administration and municipal...
OSCE PA, ODIHR to lead observation of Parliamentary Elections in Serbia
Publishing date: 24 December 2003
COPENHAGEN, 24 December 2003- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office has appointed OSCE PA Vice-President Ihor Ostash (Ukraine) as his Special Co-ordinator to lead the short-term OSCE Observation Mission for the parliamentary elections in Serbia...
OSCE Yerevan seminar addresses importance of education for sustainable development
Publishing date: 23 December 2003
YEREVAN, 23 December 2003- A two-day seminar on the relationship between education and sustainable development, held by the OSCE Office in Yerevan and partner organizations, opened in the Armenian capital yesterday. "Development aimed at economic...
OSCE holds conference on environmental security risks in Central Asia
Publishing date: 22 December 2003
BISHKEK, 22 December 2003- An international conference aimed at strengthening bilateral co-operation on environmental security issues between the Kyrgyz Republic and the Republic of Tajikistan was held here on December 18-19...
OSCE Yerevan workshop focuses on identification of trafficking victims
Publishing date: 22 December 2003
YEREVAN, 22 December 2003- An OSCE workshop on identification of human trafficking victims held in Yerevan marked a turning point in the development of a strategic partnership between the Armenian government and civil society actors in setting...
OSCE States pledge almost four million euros for assisting Georgia in 2004 elections
Publishing date: 19 December 2003
TBILISI, 19 December 2003- As of today, almost four million euros have been pledged by 17 OSCE participating States for the "Georgia Elections Assistance Programme", said the Head of the OSCE Mission to Georgia, Ambassador Roy Reeve. Of this sum...
Mandate of OSCE Mission to Croatia extended to 31 December 2004
Publishing date: 18 December 2003
ZAGREB, 18 December 2003- The OSCE Permanent Council has extended today the mandate of the OSCE Mission to Croatia until 31 December 2004. It also gave full support to the Mission's report on Croatia and its principal findings. The OSCE Chair...
Journalism is more than a market product, says OSCE media watchdog in new study on media concentration in Europe
Publishing date: 18 December 2003
VIENNA, 18 December 2003- Media concentration and foreign media ownership might turn out to be a structural obstacle for free and pluralistic media, according to the OSCE's Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve...
OSCE media freedom representative and Council of Europe concerned over death of journalist in Ukraine
Publishing date: 18 December 2003
VIENNA/STRASBOURG, 18 December 2003- Walter Schwimmer, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, and Freimut Duve, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, voiced their concern today over the death of another journalist in Ukraine...
OSCE approves new mandate for Presence in Albania
Publishing date: 18 December 2003
TIRANA, 18 December 2003- The OSCE Permanent Council, representing the Organization's 55 participating States, today approved a new mandate for the OSCE Presence in Albania. The new mandate had been drafted at the request of Albania, as the host...