News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission organizes visit of Roma women activists to Serbian Parliament
Publishing date: 11 September 2006
BELGRADE, 11 September 2006- Thirty five Roma women activists visited the National Assembly today, as part of a project organized by the OSCE Mission to Serbia. The Mission's year-long project, "Empowerment of Roma Women for Decision-Making"...
OSCE has key role to play in supporting ICTY efforts, says Chief Prosecutor Del Ponte
Publishing date: 7 September 2006
VIENNA, 7 September 2006- Carla Del Ponte, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), said today the OSCE was well-placed to help make sure war crimes suspects...
OSCE Office opens training centre to help reduce unemployment in Armenia
Publishing date: 6 September 2006
YEREVAN, 6 September 2006- Reducing unemployment in Armenia's Ararat province is the aim of a training Centre that opened in the village of Zorak today. Supported by the OSCE Office in Yerevan and...
OSCE Chairman concerned helicopter incident in Georgia contradicts commitments
Publishing date: 4 September 2006
BRUSSELS, 4 September 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office Karel De Gucht expressed concern today about an incident on Sunday in which a Georgian helicopter carrying the country's Minister of Defence was fired upon from the South Ossetian side as it...
OSCE Office in Yerevan visits penal colony for women and juveniles
Publishing date: 30 August 2006
YEREVAN, 30 August 2006- OSCE Office representatives and board members of the Public Monitoring Group for Penitentiary Institutions today visited the Abovian Women and Juvenile Colony to present school-related items...
OSCE Osh Field Office project spotlights damage to natural resources in southern Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 27 July 2006
OSH, 27 July 2006- A regional roundtable to focus the attention of key government officials and local leaders on the misuse of pastures and forests in southern Kyrgyzstan and to develop concrete mechanisms to respond to this growing problem, concluded...
OSCE and partners organize Tajik-Afghan meeting in Dushanbe on ecological co-operation
Publishing date: 17 July 2006
DUSHANBE, 17 July 2006- Designing a programme of joint action on environmental protection between Afghanistan and Tajikistan, was the aim of a meeting, initiated by the Environment and Security Initiative partners, held in Dushanbe on Friday...