News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE opens new information centre for Uzbek citizens
Publishing date: 4 September 2003
TASHKENT, 4 September 2003- A new information centre, the Information Resource Centre (IRC), located in the premises of the OSCE Centre in Tashkent has opened its doors, providing to Uzbekistan's citizens free access to information through...
OSCE Office co-ordinates international community support for electoral process in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 4 September 2003
BAKU, 4 September 2003- Six weeks before the presidential election in Azerbaijan, international community representatives stressed the importance of full implementation of the basic principles of an open and equitable election process...
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President calls on OSCE to reassert its role in enlarging Europe
Publishing date: 3 September 2003
VIENNA, 3 September 2003- The President of the OSCE's Parliamentary Assembly, Bruce George, today called upon the OSCE to reassert its importance in the face of the enlargement process of the European Union and NATO...
International community urges school authorities in Bosnia to stop playing politics with their children's futures
Publishing date: 2 September 2003
SARAJEVO, 2 September, 2003- The Office of the High Representative and the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina have deplored the fact that politics have interfered with the right of all children to a de-politicized, high-quality and modern...
OSCE organizes negotiation skills workshop for Kosovo's political leadership
Publishing date: 2 September 2003
PRISTINA, 2 September 2003- The political leadership of Kosovo's Provisional Institutions of Self-Government, including the Prime Minister and all ministers, have been invited to participate in a negotiation skills workshop from 6 to 11 September...
OSCE Head of Mission to visit southern Serbia
Publishing date: 2 September 2003
BELGRADE, 2 September 2003- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, Ambassador Maurizio Massari, will tomorrow visit southern Serbia to reaffirm the Mission's support and commitment to the multi-ethnic constituency. Last week...
Georgian President appoints new election commission head from OSCE-Council of Europe list
Publishing date: 1 September 2003
TBILISI, 1 September 2003- Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze has today appointed Mrs. Nana Devdariani as the new Chairperson of the Central Election Commission, out of the three candidates proposed by an advisory commission of the OSCE and...
Environment and security was key issue for International Forum on Fresh Water in Dushanbe
Publishing date: 1 September 2003
DUSHANBE, 1 September 2003- A special session of a weekend International Forum in Tajikistan on Fresh Water has heard that a lack of institutional support and political repression could affect stability and ultimately trigger environmental conflicts...
Head of OSCE Mission concerned with ethnic segregation of students in Zepce
Publishing date: 1 September 2003
SARAJEVO, 1 September 2003- Ambassador Robert M. Beecroft, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, has expressed his concern about the situation in the municipality of Zepce, where he thinks that the politics of segregation is...
OSCE Media Representative and Council of Europe call on Russia to reconsider legislation on libel
Publishing date: 29 August 2003
VIENNA, 29 August 2003- Freimut Duve, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, and Walter Schwimmer, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, today made the following joint statement regarding the recent sentencing of Russian journalist...