News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Byte-ing the bullet: OSCE offers computers in exchange for weapons in Georgia
Publishing date: 26 February 2002
TBILISI, 26 February 2002- The OSCE Mission to Georgia today handed over three computers to a secondary school where parents had organized the voluntary hand-over of small arms, in response to a weapons collection campaign...
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Winter Meeting addressed by Austrian President
Publishing date: 22 February 2002
VIENNA, 22 February 2002- "I see the holding of the First Winter Meeting in the premises of the OSCE as a further step towards strengthening the Parliamentary dimension of OSCE activities" stated the President of Austria, Dr. Thomas Klestil...
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Standing Committee meets in Vienna
Publishing date: 21 February 2002
VIENNA, 21 February 2002- The Standing Committee of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA) met in Vienna prior to the first Winter Meeting of the Assembly...
OSCE opens office within Radio-Television Serbia
Publishing date: 21 February 2002
BELGRADE, 21 February 2002- Ambassador Stefano Sannino, the Head of the OSCE Mission to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, today opened an OSCE office in the main building of Radio Television Serbia (RTS) on Abardareva street...
Elections and institution-building on top of agenda during Chairman-in-Office visit to Kosovo
Publishing date: 20 February 2002
PRISTINA, 20 February 2002- The announcement of municipal elections this year and OSCE's institution-building work are on top of the agenda during today's visit of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Portuguese Foreign Minister Jaime Gama...
OSCE Conference on freedom of belief calls for tolerance
Publishing date: 18 February 2002
BISHKEK, 18 February 2002-- An OSCE conference on freedom of belief and expression in Central Asia has stressed the need for greater tolerance, and called for respect for human rights in the campaign against terrorism...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office to address Parliamentary Assembly Winter Session in Vienna
Publishing date: 15 February 2002
VIENNA, 15 February 2002- The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA) will hold its Winter Session in Vienna, on Thursday 21 and 22 February 2002, in the OSCE premises in the Hofburg...