The South Eastern European University opened in Tetovo, a project initiated by the former OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Max van der Stoel, to improve opportunities for higher education in minority languages.
Preventive functions of the OSCE discussed in Kiev
Co-operation among international, sub-regional and non-governmental organizations, as well as with academic institutions, was the theme of the two-day Seminar on Preventive Functions of the OSCE: Experience, Possibilities, Tasks.
Workshop focuses on Political Islam and Central Asia
The two-day workshop "the OSCE and Political Islam: the Case of Central Asia" called attention to the need for increased dialogue and OSCE involvement to avoid conflict in Central Asia.
OSCE Chairman-in-Office condemns terrorist attacks in New York and Washington
OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist attacks in the United States. He called on the international community to unite and put an end to terrorism.
OSCE and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) sign memorandum of understanding
OSCE Secretary General Jan Kubis and IOM Director General Brunson McKinley signed a formal agreement in Vienna on closer co-operation between the two organizations.
The signing of the Ohrid Framework Agreement brought to an end the conflict in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, which was primarily a result of ethnic tensions and the neighbouring conflicts in the former Yugoslavia.
Negotiations under Article V of Annex 1-B of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina concluded
The Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC) and the Permanent Council adopted a decision on concluding the Negotiations under Article V of Annex 1-B of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
At its 10th Annual Session, whose theme was "European Security and Conflict Prevention: Challenges to the OSCE in the 21st Century", the Parliamentary Assembly adopted the Paris Declaration.