News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Presence encourages approval of Albanian draft law on gender equality
Publishing date: 7 March 2008
TIRANA, 7 March 2008- The Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Robert Bosch, said today he was hopeful that the draft law on Gender Equality in Society, recently submitted to the Albanian Assembly for review, will be approved shortly...
OSCE elections body report recommends improvements ahead of Georgia parliamentary polls
Publishing date: 4 March 2008
WARSAW, 4 March 2008- The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) recommends improvements in the legal framework, the election administration, voter registration, campaigning and the media situation...
OSCE media watchdog, Finnish OSCE Chairmanship host forum on challenges to media freedom
Publishing date: 29 February 2008
VIENNA, 29 February 2008- OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklós Haraszti, and Finnish Secretary of State Pertti Torstila, called on participating States to comply with their OSCE media commitments at a roundtable discussion today...
OSCE Chairman calls on Georgia to use opportunity presented by May elections
Publishing date: 27 February 2008
TBILISI, 27 February 2008- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office Ilkka Kanerva called on Georgian leaders today to seize on the forthcoming parliamentary elections to demonstrate that the country is maturing towards a pluralistic democracy...
OSCE an important actor in conflict prevention and resolution, says Irish Prime Minister
Publishing date: 27 February 2008
VIENNA, 27 February 2008- The OSCE should continue to play a key role in the areas of security, conflict prevention and resolution, democracy and human rights, Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern told a special meeting of the OSCE today...
U.S. backing critical to tackle new threats to security, OSCE Chairman tells U.S. Helsinki Commission
Publishing date: 13 February 2008
WASHINGTON, 13 February 2008- U.S. support to the OSCE to face challenges in Kosovo and with election observation and the region's protracted conflicts is vital, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Ilkka Kanerva, said today...
OSCE/ODIHR regrets that restrictions force cancellation of election observation mission to Russian Federation
Publishing date: 7 February 2008
WARSAW, 7 February 2008- The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) regrets that restrictions imposed on its planned election observation mission will not allow it to deploy a mission to the 2 March 2008 presidential...