News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Working Group on Belarus visits Minsk
Publishing date: 5 February 2002
MINSK, 5 February 2002- Three members of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly ad hoc Working Group on Belarus, Uta Zapf (MP, Germany), the Chair of the Group, Urban Ahlin (MP, Sweden), and Helena Demakova (MP, Latvia) visited Minsk from 3 to 5 February...
OSCE and Tajik Government organizes human rights and torture prevention training seminars
Publishing date: 5 February 2002
KHUJAND, 5 February 2002- Between 25 January and 2 February, the OSCE and the Tajik Government organized a series of eight human rights training seminars for some 240 members of prison and detention centre staff in the Sughd province...
OSCE demands adequate level of funding for Ombudsmen
Publishing date: 31 January 2002
SARAJEVO, 31 January 2002- In October 2001 the Federation and the OSCE completed a Memorandum of Understanding whereby responsibility for funding the Ombudsmen Institution was transferred to the Federation authorities.
OSCE's human rights office concerned about detention of Kyrgyz parliamentarian
Publishing date: 30 January 2002
WARSAW, 30 January 2002- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today expressed its concern about the continued detention of Azimbek Beknazarov, Chairman of the Committee on Judicial and Legal Affairs of the Kyrgyz...
Chairman-in-Office names former Danish Minister as Personal Representative for Terrorism
Publishing date: 29 January 2002
VIENNA, 29 January 2002- The Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Portugal's Foreign Minister Jaime Gama, has announced the name of the person he has appointed to be his Personal Representative...
Rebuilding confidence between ethnic groups may be only a bus-ride away
Publishing date: 29 January 2002
VIENNA, 29 January 2002- After a ten-month break, the direct bus link between the town of Kumanovo and the capital, Skopje, reopened last week and its restoration was marked by offering a free ride for villagers, local administration officials...
Final protocol adopted at Freedom of Information workshop in Armenia
Publishing date: 28 January 2002
YEREVAN, 28 January 2002- The need for Freedom of Information legislation in Armenia was the main focus of discussion during a workshop co-organized by the OSCE Office in Yerevan on 24 and 25 January. The workshop reviewed the situation...