News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Netherlands Chair reaffirms support to Kyrgyzstan on democracy trail
Publishing date: 18 March 2003
BISHKEK, 18 March 2003- The Netherlands Chairmanship of the OSCE will support any effort to reinforce democratic institutions in Kyrgyzstan, said Ambassador Daan Everts, the Personal Representative of the Chairman-in-Office (CiO), after...
OSCE Mission Head welcomes formation of "Other Communities" group in Kosovo Assembly
Publishing date: 18 March 2003
PRISTINA, 18 March 2003- The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Pascal Fieschi, welcomed today's formation of a new group within the Kosovo Assembly. Ten members of the Assembly today gave notice to the Assembly President that...
OSCE roundtables focus on aspects of draft Turkmen civil procedural code
Publishing date: 18 March 2003
ASHGABAD, 18 March 2003- The OSCE Centre in Ashgabad today started a series of roundtables on the draft Civil Procedural Code of Turkmenistan. The first of seven roundtables focussed on legal issues arising from the transition to a market...
OSCE seminar identifies drugs trafficking as major threat to economic security
Publishing date: 17 March 2003
TASHKENT, 17 March 2003- The impact of drugs trafficking on national and international economies and global security tops the agenda of an international seminar organized by the OSCE in Uzbekistan today and tomorrow. More than 150 experts
OSCE Chairman-in-Office attends funeral of assassinated Serbian Prime Minister
Publishing date: 17 March 2003
THE HAGUE, 17 March 2003- The Netherlands's Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, in his capacity as Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, attended the funeral of the Serbian Prime Minister, Zoran Djindjic, on Saturday...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office appoints former Finnish President Ahtisaari as personal envoy for Central Asia
Publishing date: 13 March 2003
THE HAGUE, 13 March 2003- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Netherlands Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, has appointed the former President of Finland, Martti Ahtisaari, as his personal envoy for the Central Asian region. This region consists...
OSCE roundtable in Tajikistan focused on young people's access to information
Publishing date: 13 March 2003
GARM, TAJIKISTAN, 13 March 2003- Problems of young people relating to access to information and to the media were the main theme of a two-day OSCE roundtable organized in the Rasht Valley, eastern Tajikistan. This first roundtable on access...
OSCE PA President Bruce George appalled by assassination of Serbian Prime Minister
Publishing date: 13 March 2003
COPENHAGEN, 13 March 2003- Bruce George, the President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, was appalled and outraged to learn of the assassination of Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic yesterday...
Bussing children to mono-ethnic schools in BiH must stop, OSCE Mission says
Publishing date: 13 March 2003
SARAJEVO, 13 March 2003- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has called for an end to the practice of bussing children to mono-ethnic schools, on the grounds that it hampers sustainable return and creates a financial...
OSCE Permanent Council honours slain Serbian Prime Minister
Publishing date: 13 March 2003
VIENNA, 13 March 2003- The OSCE Permanent Council held a minute's silence on Thursday in honour of Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic, who was assassinated in Belgrade on Wednesday...