News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Secretary General appalled by attack on UN Headquarters in Baghdad
Publishing date: 19 August 2003
VIENNA, 19 August 2003- OSCE Secretary General Jan Kubis expressed outrage on Tuesday over a bomb attack on United Nations Headquarters in Baghdad which caused numerous deaths and injuries. "I am utterly appalled at this senseless and cowardly...
OSCE-UN workshop in Dushanbe discusses environmental security
Publishing date: 18 August 2003
DUSHANBE, 18 August 2003- Security-related environmental risks in Central Asia and the main difficulties in addressing them were the focus of a workshop held in the Tajik capital, Dushanbe. Organized by the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe, the UN...
High time to put an end to segregation in Bosnia and Herzegovina schools
Publishing date: 17 August 2003
SARAJEVO, 17 August 2003- Representatives from the Federation, the Republika Srpska, the Cantons and Brcko District have worked intensively since August 2002, with the support of international community experts, to develop and implement...
Negative trend observed during Moldova's local elections must be reversed
Publishing date: 14 August 2003
WARSAW, 14 August 2003- The negative trend observed during Moldova's local elections on 25 May and 8 June is a source of concern and must be reversed, says a report issued today by the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
OSCE Mission in Skopje reiterates support to Ohrid agreement
Publishing date: 14 August 2003
SKOPJE, 14 August 2003- On yesterday's second anniversary of its signing, the Head of the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje, Ambassador Craig Jenness, called the Ohrid Framework Agreement a monumental and courageous political achievement...
Peacekeepers begin withdrawal of armoured vehicles in Moldova
Publishing date: 14 August 2003
CHISINAU, 14 August 2003- Moldovan and Transdniestrian military forces today took their first demilitarization steps in many years by together withdrawing 37 armoured vehicles from the Security Zone, the area separating the two sides since the...
Former OSCE staff member gains top Canadian human rights award
Publishing date: 14 August 2003
SARAJEVO, 14 August 2003- Canadian human rights lawyer, Georgette Gagnon, who served from 2001 to 2003 as Director of Human Rights for the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, has been honoured with the Walter Tarnopolsky Human Rights...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo strongly condemns killings in Peje/Pec
Publishing date: 14 August 2003
PRISTINA, 14 August 2003- The Acting Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo (OMiK) has condemned a shooting yesterday in the Peje/Pec municipality, which left two youths dead and several others seriously injured, in the strongest possible terms...
OSCE meeting tries to resolve NGO registration issues in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 12 August 2003
BAKU, 12 August 2003- The problems facing local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in registering with state authorities is the focus of a meeting which opened today in the Azeri capital, Baku. Through this meeting, which is the first in a...
OSCE Mission hails Bosnia and Herzegovina's new common core curriculum
Publishing date: 8 August 2003
SARAJEVO, 8 August 2003- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina warmly welcomed today's adoption of an agreement on a country wide common core curriculum, calling it a further step towards the reform of the country's education system. The...