News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Baku workshop discusses combating money laundering and terrorism financing
Publishing date: 31 March 2003
BAKU, 31 March 2003- Participants at Azerbaijan's first National Workshop on Combating Money Laundering and Suppressing Financing of Terrorism agreed on the need for effective measures to fight against those crimes. The two-day event, which...
OSCE roundtable kicks off debate on minority participation in elections in Montenegro
Publishing date: 28 March 2003
PODGORICA, 28 March 2003- An OSCE roundtable today initiated a broad debate on how to ensure more effective participation of minorities in the electoral process in Montenegro. The roundtable was organized in Ulcinj by the OSCE Office...
OSCE's human rights office calls for sustained political process in Chechnya
Publishing date: 28 March 2003
WARSAW, 28 March 2003- The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) yesterday called for a sustained political process in Chechnya. "Last weekend's referendum can only be considered a success if it is followed by a...
OSCE Mission Head welcomes Serbian government's efforts to remove illegally held weapons
Publishing date: 28 March 2003
BELGRADE, 27 March 2003- Ambassador Maurizio Massari, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, today welcomed the decree of the Serbian authorities, aimed at removing illegally held weapons from society. This decree, which came...
Kosovo's Temporary Media Commissioner not to issue any further broadcast licenses
Publishing date: 28 March 2003
PRISTINA, 28 March 2003- Kosovo's Temporary Media Commissioner (TMC) has announced that it will not issue any further broadcast licenses until a new body, the Independent Media Commission, will be established...
OSCE Skopje Mission organizes youth leadership conference
Publishing date: 28 March 2003
SKOPJE, 28 March 2003- The OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje and the Nansen Dialogue Centre will host their third joint Youth Leadership Conference from 28 to 30 March in the town of Mavrovo, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia...
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President to meet officials in Rome
Publishing date: 27 March 2003
COPENHAGEN, 27 March 2003- At the invitation of the Head of the Italian Delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (PA), Marcello Pacini, the President of the OSCE PA, Bruce George, will pay a visit to Rome...
International agencies urge Bosnia and Herzegovina authorities to provide social welfare housing
Publishing date: 27 March 2003
SARAJEVO, 27 March 2003- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Office of the High Representative (OHR) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) have urged Bosnia and Herzegovina's authorities to begin...
Tunisian Foreign Minister calls for "new synergy" to bolster OSCE's Mediterranean Partnership
Publishing date: 27 March 2003
VIENNA, 27 March 2003- The long-standing dialogue between the OSCE and its Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation requires fresh impetus adapted to the nature of the challenges facing the region, the Tunisian Foreign Minister, Habib Ben Yahia...
International organizations condemn assault on housing official in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 26 March 2003
SARAJEVO, 26 March 2003- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Office of the High Representative, the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees (UNHCR) and the European Union Police Mission (EUPM) have strongly condemned the assault...