News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE welcomes signing of municipal electoral law in Kosovo
Publishing date: 18 June 2002
PRISTINA, 18 June 2002- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo welcomes the signing of the regulation on municipal elections by the United Nations Special Representative, Michael Steiner, which lays out the basic provisions governing the elections...
Secretary General Kubis urges Tajikistan to continue reforms
Publishing date: 18 June 2002
DUSHANBE, 18 June 2002- Speaking at the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the signing of the peace accords in Tajikistan, the OSCE Secretary General, Jan Kubis, today urged the Tajik authorities "to continue with determination the reform process"...
OSCE helps rehabilitation of earthquake child victims in Georgia
Publishing date: 18 June 2002
TBILISI, 18 June 2002- A fund raised by an OSCE charity ball is being used to provide psycho-social rehabilitation to 75 children from internally displaced families who were heavily affected by an earthquake in Georgia last April...
OSCE meeting in Baku stresses need to ensure religious freedom while combating extremism
Publishing date: 18 June 2002
BAKU, 18 June 2002- The need to ensure religious freedom in the fight against extremism was stressed by participants at an OSCE meeting in Baku on 17 and 18 June. "Freedom of thought, conscience, religion and belief belong to the most...
No security and stability without freedom of expression, says Head of OSCE Centre in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 18 June 2002
ALMATY, 18 June 2002- Ambassador Heinrich Haupt, Head of the OSCE Centre in Almaty, said today at a media conference in Almaty, Kazakhstan, that there was no true security and stability without freedom of expression...
New law on political parties could seriously threaten political pluralism in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 17 June 2002
ALMATY, 27 June 2002- The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Centre in Almaty is deeply concerned with the new law on political parties, approved on 26 June by the Parliament of Kazakhstan approved a new law on political...
OSCE experts visited Gudauta base in Abkhazia, Georgia
Publishing date: 17 June 2002
TBILISI, 17 June 2002- A team of four OSCE military experts on Saturday, 15 June 2002, conducted a two-hour visit to the Gudauta base in Abkhazia, Georgia...
Halfway point of political entity certification process reached in Kosovo
Publishing date: 17 June 2002
PRISTINA, 17 June 2002- The four-week period for political entities to certify for the forthcoming Kosovo Municipal Elections is almost halfway complete. Thus far the Political Party Service division of the OSCE Department of Election Operations...
Czech parliamentary elections in line with international standards
Publishing date: 16 June 2002
PRAGUE, 16 June 2002- The 14-15 June elections for the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic met international standards and commitments for democratic elections, concluded the Election Observation Mission of the OSCE
OSCE experts to visit Gudauta base in Abkhazia, Georgia
Publishing date: 15 June 2002
TBILISI, 15 June 2002- A team of four OSCE military experts, headed by Colonel Laszlo Belagyi of the OSCE Mission to Georgia, will today visit the Gudauta base in Abkhazia, Georgia, as preparation for later inspection...