News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE PA Fall Meetings in Rome
Publishing date: 1 October 2003
COPENHAGEN, 1 October 2003- From 9-11 October, in the Italian Parliament in Rome, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA) will hold a Conference on Religious Freedom and a...
Latvian human rights centre receives Van der Stoel prize 2003
Publishing date: 30 September 2003
THE HAGUE, 30 September 2003- An international jury, led by the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Rolf Ekéus, has decided to award the inaugural Van der Stoel Prize to the Latvian Centre for Human Rights and Ethnic Studies. The prize...
OSCE to host Europe's largest human rights conference in Warsaw
Publishing date: 29 September 2003
WARSAW, 29 September, 2003- More than 500 international experts, government representatives, and human rights activists will gather in Warsaw from 6 to 17 October to take part in this year's session of Europe's largest human rights conference...
Refugee return is not a threat, OSCE Croatia Mission Head says
Publishing date: 24 September 2003
ZADAR, 24 September 2003- Head of the OSCE Mission to Croatia, Ambassador Peter Semneby, said today in Zadar that refugee return should not be seen as a threat but rather an opportunity to build an enriched and integrated society in Croatia. He...
Environment information resource centre opens in Tajikistan with OSCE support
Publishing date: 23 September 2003
DUSHANBE, 23 September- The Aarhus Resource Centre was officially opened in Dushanbe today, as the next step in an ongoing co-operation process between the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe and the Tajik Ministry of Nature Protection over the implementation...
President Bruce George heads Parliamentary Delegation to Algeria
Publishing date: 22 September 2003
COPENHAGEN, 22 September 2003- Following an invitation by the Algerian Parliament, a Delegation of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, consisting of President Bruce George, Vice-President Gert Weisskirchen and Head of the Italian Delegation...
Conference promoting co-operation between parliaments to take place in Sarajevo
Publishing date: 22 September 2003
SARAJEVO, 22 September 2003- Parliamentarians from throughout south-eastern Europe will attend a conference on the role of parliaments in human and economic development in south-eastern Europe in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on 3 and 4 October...