News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Spokespersons training certificates handed out in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 17 July 2001
SARAJEVO, 17 July 2001 (OSCE)- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina and the United Nations Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina\'s International Police Task Force (UNMiBH/IPTF) today bestowed Certificates of Recognition...
OSCE/ODIHR election observers to stay in Albania for 22 July vote
Publishing date: 13 July 2001
WARSAW, 13 July 2001 (OSCE)- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has decided that OSCE/ODIHR election observers will remain in Albania to monitor the election process and the preparations...
Freimut Duve: Russia allows a Tajik journalist to go back to his family
Publishing date: 12 July 2001
VIENNA, 12 July 2001 (OSCE)-- On 12 July, Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, addressed the OSCE Permanent Council on the recent case of Tajik journalist Dododjon Atovulloyev, detained at a Moscow airport...
OSCE calls for co-ordinated fight against trafficking in human beings
Publishing date: 12 July 2001
VIENNA, 12 July 2001 (OSCE)- In a bid to improve the fight against trafficking in human beings, the OSCE Permanent Council today urged its international partner organizations to adopt similar anti-trafficking rules to those contained in OSCE...
EBU admits two Yugoslav broadcasters as new members
Publishing date: 12 July 2001
BELGRADE, 12 July 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE Mission to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia welcomes the decision of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to admit Radio Television Serbia (RTS) and Radio Television of Crna Gora (RTVCG) as members...
Paris declaration calls for more oversight and accountability in the OSCE
Publishing date: 10 July 2001
PARIS, 10 July 2001 (OSCE)-- Nearly three hundred parliamentarians from fifty-two OSCE countries adopted today the Paris Declaration which includes a unanimously adopted resolution on strengthening transparency and accountability in the OSCE...
Secretary General Kubis informs OSCE Parliamentarians about recent activities
Publishing date: 9 July 2001
PARIS, 9 July 2001 (OSCE)-- The range and scope of OSCE activities has grown dramatically over the past five years, stated Ambassador Jan Kubis, Secretary General of the Organization, in his address to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly...