News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE-UNODC conference calls for better information sharing on border management
Publishing date: 9 September 2004
VIENNA, 9 September 2004- Experts from 16 international organizations attending a conference on promoting more effective border management and security called for an increase in information sharing to address challenges of "open but safe borders". On
OSCE Mission welcomes opening of Serbia's first Prison Staff Academy
Publishing date: 7 September 2004
NIS, 7 September 2004- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro welcomed the opening of the first Prison Staff Academy in Nis as an important step towards creating a modern and professional prison service in Serbia...
OSCE/ODIHR establishes large-scale observation mission for Ukraine presidential election
Publishing date: 6 September 2004
KYIV, 6 September 2004- Following an invitation from the Government of Ukraine, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights has established an Election Observation Mission to monitor the Presidential Election scheduled for 31 October...
OSCE Secretary General Jan Kubis meets President and Foreign Minister of Tajikistan
Publishing date: 6 September 2004
VIENNA, 6 September, 2004- OSCE Secretary General Jan Kubis visited the capital of Tajikistan today, after leaving Afghanistan, one of the OSCE's Partners for Co-operation...
OSCE Centre helps in development of economic courts in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 3 September 2004
ALMATY, 3 September 2004- A new TV programme, which aims to raise awareness among foreign and domestic investors of their legal rights as well as of the work of economic courts, will be aired in Kazakhstan in September. This is part...
Kosovo municipalities will have human rights experts, says OSCE Mission
Publishing date: 2 September 2004
PRISTINA, 2 September 2004- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo and the Association of Kosovo Municipalities announced today that human rights experts will be placed in municipal administrations, following, a successful completion of a pilot phase in...
OSCE Mission calls for transparency in selection of new Broadcasting Council in Serbia
Publishing date: 2 September 2004
BELGRADE, 2 September 2004- Acknowledging efforts undertaken by the Serbian government to re-activate the work of the Republican Broadcasting Agency Council, the Head of OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, Maurizio Massari, said it was important...