News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairman-in-Office discussed fight against terrorism with UN and US representatives
Publishing date: 7 February 2002
WASHINGTON, 7 February 2002- The fight against terrorism and the role of the Organization for Security and Co-operation topped the agenda of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office's visit to New York and Washington D.C...
OSCE Yugoslavia Mission welcomes announcement of early municipal elections in southern Serbia
Publishing date: 7 February 2002
BELGRADE, 7 February 2002- The OSCE Mission to the Federal Republic Yugoslavia (FRY) is very pleased with the formal announcement about the organizing of early municipal elections in southern Serbia, made in the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna today...
OSCE round table on freedom of religion and belief held in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 6 February 2002
DUSHANBE, 6 February 2002- A round table meeting organized by the OSCE and the Tajik Government on 1 February in the Tajik capital, Dushanbe, concluded that the situation regarding the freedom of religion and belief was in general acceptable...
Former Chairman of Permanent Council receives OSCE Medal
Publishing date: 6 February 2002
VIENNA, 6 February 2002- Ambassador Liviu Bota, Head of the Permanent Mission of Romania to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe and Chairman of the OSCE Permanent Council in 2001, has been awarded...
OSCE Media Representative raises concern over case of Croatian journalist
Publishing date: 5 February 2002
VIENNA, 5 February 2002- On 4 February, Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, addressed Tonino Picula, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Croatia, regarding the controversy over the recent programme on Croatian Television Latinica...
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Working Group on Belarus visits Minsk
Publishing date: 5 February 2002
MINSK, 5 February 2002- Three members of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly ad hoc Working Group on Belarus, Uta Zapf (MP, Germany), the Chair of the Group, Urban Ahlin (MP, Sweden), and Helena Demakova (MP, Latvia) visited Minsk from 3 to 5 February...
OSCE and Tajik Government organizes human rights and torture prevention training seminars
Publishing date: 5 February 2002
KHUJAND, 5 February 2002- Between 25 January and 2 February, the OSCE and the Tajik Government organized a series of eight human rights training seminars for some 240 members of prison and detention centre staff in the Sughd province...
Kosovo Judicial Institute to hold information meeting on corruption issues
Publishing date: 4 February 2002
PRISTINA, 4 February 2002- The Kosovo Judicial Institute is holding a one-day information session on issues related to corruption. The meeting, to which Kosovo criminal law judges and prosecutors have been invited, will focus on how the judiciary...
Permanent Council urges Bosnia and Herzegovina authorities to provide sufficient funds for elections
Publishing date: 31 January 2002
VIENNA, 31 January 2002- The Permanent Council of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe has expressed urgent concern over the lack of resources allocated to the Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
OSCE demands adequate level of funding for Ombudsmen
Publishing date: 31 January 2002
SARAJEVO, 31 January 2002- In October 2001 the Federation and the OSCE completed a Memorandum of Understanding whereby responsibility for funding the Ombudsmen Institution was transferred to the Federation authorities.