News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Visit to Lisbon of Bruce George, President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
Publishing date: 8 October 2002
LISBON, 8 October 2002- The President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Bruce George, paid a visit to Lisbon on 8 October, at the invitation of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Portuguese Foreign Minister António Martins da Cruz...
OSCE training seminars in Georgia show human rights is "not just wishful thinking"
Publishing date: 8 October 2002
TBILISI, 8 October 2002- A series of three training seminars on human rights monitoring and reporting ended yesterday in Bakuriani, Georgia. The conclusion of the five-day training was also the occasion to mark the presentation of a new...
International Advisory Group presents its report on future of Kosovo's media
Publishing date: 7 October 2002
PRISTINA, 7 October 2002- The International Advisory Group to the Task Force on the Independent Media Commission (IMC) recommends to the Special Representative of the Secretary General that media regulation be established under...
OSCE mission heads' meeting stresses increasing importance of Central Asian region
Publishing date: 7 October 2002
DUSHANBE, 7 October 2002- The Central Asian region is becoming increasingly important for the OSCE, the Director of the Organization's Conflict Prevention Centre, Ambassador Lamberto Zannier, told a regional meeting in the Tajik...
OSCE information seminar held in Turkmenabat
Publishing date: 5 October 2002
TURKMENABAT, 5 October 2002- A seminar on "What is the OSCE" was held in Turkmenabat on 5 October. The seminar was a part of a series of information seminars, organized by the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, in co-operation with...
Workshop on combating money laundering and terrorism financing held in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 4 October 2002
ASTANA, 3 October 2002- The second of a series of national workshops aiming at implementing the OSCE Action Programme on terrorism was held in Astana, Kazakhstan, following a similar workshop earlier this week in Bishkek...
OSCE assists in public opinion survey on corruption in Armenia
Publishing date: 4 October 2002
YEREVAN, 4 October 2002- A major public opinion survey on corruption released this week in Armenia has found that the overwhelming majority of those polled believe that corruption remains a serious problem in the country...