News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission concerned about low voter turnout at minority elections in Croatia
Publishing date: 19 May 2003
ZAGREB, 19 May, 2003- The OSCE Mission to Croatia has expressed concern today about the low turnout at elections for minority councils held in Croatia on Sunday and urged the Government to organize elections in areas where they were not held...
OSCE Chairman's Personal Envoy to strengthen relationship between Central Asia and OSCE
Publishing date: 19 May 2003
THE HAGUE/VIENNA, 19 May 2003- The OSCE Chairman's Personal Envoy for Central Asia, former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari, embarked yesterday on a visit to four Central Asian states to work on improving the constructive relationship...
OSCE provides additional transparent ballot boxes for Armenia
Publishing date: 19 May 2003
YEREVAN, 19 May, 2003- More than 3,400 additional transparent ballot boxes arrived in Armenia over the weekend for use at the upcoming May 25 Parliamentary Elections and Constitutional Referendum. The boxes will be used together with the 2,000...
OSCE Mission calls for an end to local political gridlock in Kosovo
Publishing date: 19 May 2003
PRISTINA, 19 May 2003- In a report on the boycott within the municipal level of government in Kosovo, the OSCE Mission in Kosovo (OMiK) has told the people of the province they have a right to expect many of their local leaders to do a far better job...
Parliamentarians adopt Bern Declaration on promoting small business in the OSCE region
Publishing date: 16 May 2003
BERN, 15 May 2003- After discussions from 14-16 May in the Swiss Parliament in Bern, more then 80 parliamentarians from 30 OSCE participating States adopted the Bern Declaration on Promoting Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in the OSCE region...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office expresses distress about violence in Chechnya
Publishing date: 15 May 2003
THE HAGUE, 15 May 2003- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Netherlands Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, has written to the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Igor Ivanov, to convey his distress about the recent acts of violence in the Russian...
Serbian Deputy PM welcomes support from OSCE Permanent Council
Publishing date: 15 May 2003
VIENNA, 15 May 2003- Serbia's Deputy Prime Minister, Dr Nebojsa Covic, made an impassioned plea at the Permanent Council on Thursday for recognition by the international community that his country had undergone a thorough transformation since the days...
PA President Bruce George to meet in Sofia with OSCE 2004 Chairmanship
Publishing date: 15 May 2003
COPENHAGEN, 15 May 2003- The President of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA), Bruce George, will pay an official visit to Bulgaria on 19 and 20 May, at the invitation of the Foreign Minister...
OSCE holds workshops in Central Asian Region on civil-military relations
Publishing date: 13 May 2003
VIENNA, 13 May- A team of OSCE experts are in Central Asia this week to promote OSCE standards on civil-military relations, including democratic oversight of the armed forces. The experts are meeting government officials and senior military...
More efforts needed by OSCE states to increase participation of women in public and economic life
Publishing date: 13 May 2003
WARSAW, 13 May 2003- Participants of an international conference in Warsaw called on the OSCE and its participating States to reinforce efforts to ensure equal participation of women in public and economic life. The three-day meeting, which...