News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Democratization promotes Central Asian security, OSCE Bishkek Academy workshop notes
Publishing date: 2 April 2003
BISHKEK, 2 April 2003- Democracy is no guarantee of security and stability, but it reduces risks, Ambassador Gerard Stoudmann, Director of the Geneva Centre for Security Policy, told an experts' meeting in the Kyrgyz capital, organized by...
OSCE's Skopje Mission co-hosts international workshop on travel documentation
Publishing date: 1 April 2003
SKOPJE, 1 April 2003- A three-day workshop in Ohrid will look at ways to control and identify fraudulent and counterfeit travel documentation, as well as the use of legal travel documents for illegal purposes, such as trafficking in human...
Freimut Duve organizes conference on media in multi-lingual societies
Publishing date: 1 April 2003
VIENNA, 1 April 2003- A conference on media in multi-lingual societies was held in Berne, Switzerland, on 28-29 March. It was organized by Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, and hosted by the Swiss...
OSCE welcomes progress in reforming Albania's election law, urges swift resolution on remaining issues
Publishing date: 1 April 2003
TIRANA, 1 April 2003- The OSCE Presence in Albania and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) welcome the consensual agreement by the bi-partisan committee of the Albanian parliament on improvements to the...
OSCE Mission to BiH selects 10 winning visions for better schools
Publishing date: 1 April 2003
SARAJEVO, 1 April 2003- Ten winning projects have been selected from over 250 entries to the Student Competition of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). The projects describe the students' visions of better schools and are...
OSCE poll shows public has no confidence in BiH leaders to fight corruption
Publishing date: 1 April 2003
SARAJEVO, 1 April 2003- A country-wide opinion poll commissioned by the OSCE reveals a public unified in its expectation that the public utility companies of Bosnia and Herzegovina be reformed. According to the poll, almost 70 per cent say...
OSCE Mission in Skopje welcomes EU forces
Publishing date: 1 April 2003
SKOPJE, 1 April 2003- The Head of the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje, Ambassador Craig Jenness, welcomed the European Union military force (EUFOR) that took over the monitor and support operation from NATO yesterday. He expressed...
Prosecutors Discuss Legal Reform
Publishing date: 31 March 2003
SKOPJE, 31 March 2003- More than 80 public prosecutors gathered over the past weekend in Star Dojran to participate in a legal seminar facilitated by the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje...
Head of OSCE Centre in Dushanbe welcomes new Tajik barristers' association
Publishing date: 31 March 2003
DUSHANBE, 31 March 2003- Ambassador Marc Gilbert, the Head of the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe, welcomed the establishment of a Tajik Barristers' Association that will promote lawyers' activity and help counterbalance other parts of the legal...
OSCE Mission Head welcomes Serbia and Montenegro's adoption of Council of Europe Statute
Publishing date: 31 March 2003
BELGRADE, 31 March 2003- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro today welcomed the adoption of the Council of Europe Statute by the state union Parliament of Serbia and Montenegro. The adoption of the statute will enable the...