News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Media Representative to hold discussions with journalists in Skopje
Publishing date: 10 September 2001
VIENNA, 10 September 2001 (OSCE)-- For 13 September 2001, Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, has invited journalists and editors for a one day conference on the tasks, the chances and the challenges of free journalism...
Belarus presidential election: statement of preliminary findings and conclusions
Publishing date: 10 September 2001
MINSK, 10 September 2001 (OSCE)-- The International Limited Election Observation Mission (ILEOM) for the September 2001 presidential election in Belarus has published today a statement of preliminary findings and conclusions...
Belarus elections fail to meet OSCE standards says the Organization's Chairman-in-Office
Publishing date: 10 September 2001
BUCHAREST, 10 September 2001 (OSCE)-- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, deplored that Belarus had failed to meet the OSCE standards in the conduct of the presidential elections held on 9 September 2001...
OSCE Centre in Almaty emphasizes importance of observing international legal standards
Publishing date: 10 September 2001
ALMATY, 10 September 2001 (OSCE)- The OSCE Centre in Almaty, in connection with the end of the trial of the former Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, Akezhan Kazhegeldin, emphasizes the importance of observing international standards...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office expresses concern over campaign against the OSCE Advisory and Monitoring Group in Belarus
Publishing date: 7 September 2001
BUCHAREST, 7 September 2001 (OSCE)- The Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe notes with concern the public campaign launched in Belarus against the OSCE...
OSCE conference on equal opportunities for Roma and Sinti
Publishing date: 7 September 2001
BUCHAREST, 6 September 2001 (OSCE)- Recognising the importance of the Roma and Sinti community, the Romanian Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Mircea Geoana, invited 300 delegates from all 55 OSCE participating States to share their experiences...
OSCE organizes training session on women's rights in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 7 September 2001
TASHKENT, 7 September 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE Centre in Tashkent, together with the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), will hold a training session on human rights report writing in Chatkal, near Tashkent.
Voter registration for Kosovo elections extended by two weeks
Publishing date: 6 September 2001
PRISTINA, 6 September 2001 (OSCE)- The deadline for registering to vote in the forthcoming elections for a Central Assembly in Kosovo has been extended by two weeks, until 22 September, 2001.
OSCE agrees to expand its mission in former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Publishing date: 6 September 2001
VIENNA, 6 September 2001 (OSCE)- The Permanent Council of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), has agreed today to an expansion of its Mission in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
Belarus- OSCE Group refutes newspaper accusation of involvement in intelligence operations
Publishing date: 5 September 2001
MINSK, 5 September 2001 (OSCE)- An article published in today\'s edition of the state-controlled newspaper, Sovietskaya Belorussiya, tries to implicate the OSCE\'s Advisory and Monitoring Group (AMG) in Belarus in intelligence operations.