News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Albanian second round election confirms progress in some areas, but problems remain
Publishing date: 9 July 2001
TIRANA, 9 July 2001 (OSCE)- Yesterday's second round of the Albanian parliamentary elections confirmed progress towards international standards for democratic elections in a number of important areas, but problems remain, concluded the International...
International observation mission to Belarusian presidential elections
Publishing date: 9 July 2001
PARIS, 9 July 2001 (OSCE)-- On July 5, the European Institutions co-operating as the Parliamentary Troika in support of the democratic process in Belarus (the European Parliament, the Parliamentary Assemblies of the OSCE and the Council...
OSCE calls all parties to continue responsible behaviour in second round of Albania elections
Publishing date: 9 July 2001
TIRANA, 9 July 2001 (OSCE)-- In the final hours leading up to the second round of parliamentary elections in Albania on 8 July, the OSCE Presence urged all parties to continue to act responsibly by restraining their rhetoric and conducting...
Third phase of multi-ethnic police training in southern Serbia to begin 6 August
Publishing date: 6 July 2001
BELGRADE, 6 July 2001 (OSCE)-- The third phase of the multi-ethnic police training programme in southern Serbia will start on 6 August 2001. In the space of 12 months, 400 police officers will be trained and deployed...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office addresses 10th annual meeting of the Organization's Parliamentary Assembly
Publishing date: 6 July 2001
PARIS, 6 July 2001 (OSCE)- Addressing the 10th annual meeting of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (PA), the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Mircea Geoana, stressed that the ten years of activities of the PA reflected ten years of dramatic change in Europe...
Reforms of Bosnia and Herzegovina entity budgets necessary
Publishing date: 3 July 2001
SARAJEVO, 3 July 2001 (OSCE)- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina and the High Representative express their deep concern about the state of public finances and the existing mechanisms of control...
Authors from Belgrade, Zagreb, Sarajevo to meet in Tuzla, 4 July
Publishing date: 2 July 2001
VIENNA, 2 July 2001 (OSCE)-- At the invitation of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, the three founders of the initiative Gruppe 99 will meet in Tuzla on 4 July to lecture and take part in discussions...
New minority commissioner takes up post
Publishing date: 2 July 2001
THE HAGUE, 2 July 2001 (OSCE)-- Rolf Ekeus today took up the post of OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities. His mandate is to provide \'early warning\' and, as appropriate, \'early action\' at the earliest possible stage...
Kosovo Law Centre sponsors seminar on human rights and legal protection
Publishing date: 2 July 2001
PRISTINA, 2 July 2001 (OSCE)-- The Kosovo Law Centre, in co-operation with the Finnish Human Rights Project, is holding a seminar on human rights and legal protection in post-conflict Kosovo. The seminar will bring together the Kosovo...
Bosnia and Herzegovina: transfer of Karadzic and Mladic "obligatory under international law"
Publishing date: 2 July 2001
SARAJEVO, 2 July 2001 (OSCE)- The transfer of indicted war criminals such as Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic is an obligation under international law and no separate entity law is required, said Robert Beecroft, Head of the OSCE Mission...