Organization for Security and Co-operation in EuropeWhat we do
Press releases and media advisories
"OSCE is not a talking shop" says Secretary General
VIENNA, 3 June 2002 - "The OSCE's work makes a practical difference to the lives of ordinary people in troubled areas", said the Secretary General of the Organization, Jan Kubis, dismissing suggestions by some media commentators calling the 55-...
OSCE Chair brings together international organizations in fight against terror
LISBON, 3 June 2002 - Co-ordination of international efforts in the fight against terrorism will be the main theme of a high-level conference to be held in Lisbon. The meeting on Wednesday, 12 June, will be...
OSCE at important moment in its evolution, says new Chairman-in-Office
VIENNA, 2 May 2002 - The new Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Portuguese Foreign Minister Antonio Martins da Cruz, said on Thursday that the Organization was at an important moment in its evolution but stressed that it should remain an effective forum...
OSCE releases Summary Report on Bishkek Conference on Security and Stability in Central Asia
VIENNA, 12 March 2002 - The OSCE released today a Summary Report on the Bishkek International Conference on Security and Stability in Central Asia, held on 13 and 14 December 2001 in Kyrgyzstan. This conference was co-sponsored by...
Chairman-in-Office praises Georgian counter-terrorism efforts
TBILISI, 7 March 2002 - In the course of a four-day visit to the South Caucasus, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CiO), Portugal's Foreign Minister Jaime Gama, paid an official visit to Georgia, on 5 and 6 March...
Foreign Minister of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia addressed OSCE Permanent Council
VIENNA, 24 January 2002 - In a press conference after addressing the OSCE Permanent Council, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Slobodan Casule, said the situation in his country was "stable but fragile"
Local community leader beaten and denounced as "traitor"
SKOPJE, 24 January 2002 - The OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje strongly condemns the serious incident which occurred yesterday evening in Tearce, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, when a group of armed people severely beat up...
Macedonian Foreign Minister to address OSCE's 55-nation Permanent Council in Vienna on 24 January
VIENNA, 22 January 2002 - On Thursday, 24 January, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Slobodan Casule, will address the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna. His speech to the 55 OSCE Delegations...
Chairman-in-Office: new laws hopeful sign in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
SKOPJE, 18 January 2002 - At the end of a two-day visit to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Portugal's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jaime Gama, indicated that his meetings with the Government in Skopje...
New OSCE Chairman-in-Office makes fight against terrorism Organization's priority for 2002
VIENNA, 17 January 2002 - The new OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Portuguese Foreign Minister Jaime Gama, today announced in his first speech to the Organization's 55-nation Permanent Council that the fight against terrorism will be one of OSCE's priorities