News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE/ODIHR opens election observation mission in Ukraine
Publishing date: 26 February 2002
KYIV, 26 February 2002- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has established an Election Observation Mission in Ukraine to monitor the upcoming parliamentary elections scheduled for 31 March...
Byte-ing the bullet: OSCE offers computers in exchange for weapons in Georgia
Publishing date: 26 February 2002
TBILISI, 26 February 2002- The OSCE Mission to Georgia today handed over three computers to a secondary school where parents had organized the voluntary hand-over of small arms, in response to a weapons collection campaign...
Informal talks at OSCE retreat
Publishing date: 25 February 2002
COPENHAGEN, 25 February 2002-- On 23 and 24 February, a retreat was held at the Schloss Leopoldskron in Salzburg for Members of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (PA) Committee on Transparency and Accountability
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Winter Meeting addressed by Austrian President
Publishing date: 22 February 2002
VIENNA, 22 February 2002- "I see the holding of the First Winter Meeting in the premises of the OSCE as a further step towards strengthening the Parliamentary dimension of OSCE activities" stated the President of Austria, Dr. Thomas Klestil...
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Standing Committee meets in Vienna
Publishing date: 21 February 2002
VIENNA, 21 February 2002- The Standing Committee of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA) met in Vienna prior to the first Winter Meeting of the Assembly...
OSCE publishes "Victim Advocacy Manual" in Kosovo
Publishing date: 21 February 2002
PRISTINA, 21 February 2002- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo took another significant step in the development of a comprehensive and integrated system of response to the victims of crime in Kosovo. "The Victim Advocacy Introductory Manual"...
OSCE opens office within Radio-Television Serbia
Publishing date: 21 February 2002
BELGRADE, 21 February 2002- Ambassador Stefano Sannino, the Head of the OSCE Mission to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, today opened an OSCE office in the main building of Radio Television Serbia (RTS) on Abardareva street...
First meeting of Croatian and Bosnian-Serb representatives along Sava river since war
Publishing date: 20 February 2002
SLAVONSKI BROD, 20 February 2002- For the first time since the end of the conflict of 1991 to 1995, county level officials from former warring municipalities of Croatia and the Bosnia and Herzegovina entity of Republika Srpska are meeting in Croatia...
Elections and institution-building on top of agenda during Chairman-in-Office visit to Kosovo
Publishing date: 20 February 2002
PRISTINA, 20 February 2002- The announcement of municipal elections this year and OSCE's institution-building work are on top of the agenda during today's visit of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Portuguese Foreign Minister Jaime Gama...
OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina launches cantonal administration project in Tuzla
Publishing date: 20 February 2002
TUZLA, 20 February 2002- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina will formally sign a memorandum of understanding with the Tuzla Canton to commence implementation of the OSCE's Canton Administration Project (CAP)...