News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Reading room for Bosnia-Herzegovina's parliament opened
Publishing date: 23 September 2002
SARAJEVO, 23 September 2002- A reading room for the Parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina was opened today in the Common Institutions Building in Sarajevo. It is a result of a co-operative effort between the parliamentary assembly, the OSCE...
Survey of War Crimes Trials in Kosovo's legal system published
Publishing date: 23 September 2002
PRISTINA, 23 September 2002- The first complete survey has just been published of how the courts in Kosovo have dealt with violations of international humanitarian law. The report, Kosovo's War Crimes Trials, covers the 17 cases of...
Head of Mission visits Kolkhozabad district in Southern Tajikistan
Publishing date: 20 September 2002
DUSHANBE, 20 September 2002- Ambassador Gilbert, Head of the OSCE Mission to Tajikistan, paid a visit to the Kolkhozabad and Kumsandgir districts in Southern Tajikistan.
Assembly of Kosovo Presidency visits Slovenia
Publishing date: 20 September 2002
PRISTINA, 20 September 2002- The members of the presidency of the Assembly of Kosovo will return to Kosovo tomorrow afternoon, 21 September, following a visit to the Parliament of Slovenia. The OSCE Mission in Kosovo facilitated...
OSCE-run radio show in Azerbaijan focuses on human rights awareness
Publishing date: 20 September 2002
BAKU, 20 September 2002- A new radio project on raising public awareness aims to stimulate discussions between the government and non-governmental sector on problematic issues of human rights in Azerbaijan. A series of radio talk shows...
OSCE human rights conference ends with call for redoubled efforts to eradicate human rights violations
Publishing date: 19 September 2002
WARSAW, 19 September 2002- The OSCE's annual human rights conference ended today with a strong call on governments to redouble efforts to eradicate human rights violations and push forward democratic reform in the OSCE area spanning...
OSCE Strategic Police Matters Unit to visit Baku
Publishing date: 19 September 2002
BAKU, 19 September 2002- A delegation of the OSCE Strategic Police Matters Unit (SPMU) will visit Baku from 21 to 27 September, to evaluate the possibilities for technical assistance in order to strengthen OSCE's police-related...
Roma to combat human trafficking among their own ranks
Publishing date: 19 September 2002
WARSAW, 19 September 2002- Roma NGOs publicly acknowledged the involvement of individuals of their ethnic group in trafficking in human beings and expressed their determination to co-operate in combating this serious human rights and organized...
OSCE Media Representative concerned over sentencing of a Belarusian journalist, calls for repealing criminal libel laws
Publishing date: 17 September 2002
VIENNA, 17 September 2002- Europe's top media watchdog, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, has expressed his concern today about the sentencing of the Belarusian journalist, Viktor Ivashkevich, for allegedly insulting...
OSCE organizes economic competition policy seminar in Armenia
Publishing date: 17 September 2002
YEREVAN, 17 September 2002- A seminar on good governance in economic policy development and the promotion of economic competition in Armenia, was co-organized by the OSCE Office in Yerevan last week...