News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
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...
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...
Chairman-in-Office welcomes transfer of Milosevic to The Hague
Publishing date: 29 June 2001
BUCHAREST, 29 June 2001 (OSCE)- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, welcomes the transfer of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia...
Kosovo Election Commission extends deadline for coalitions
Publishing date: 29 June 2001
PRISTINA, 29 June 2001 (OSCE)-- The Central Election Commission in Kosovo has extended the deadline for political parties to form coalitions ahead of the province-wide elections on 17 November...
OSCE Parliamentarians visit Georgia to facilitate reconciliation in Abkhazia
Publishing date: 28 June 2001
COPENHAGEN, 28 June 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Ad Hoc Committee on Abkhazia, Georgia visited Georgia from 26 to 28 June to make a first assessment of the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict settlement process...