News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre in Dushanbe celebrates 30th anniversary of Helsinki Final Act
Publishing date: 30 September 2005
DUSHANBE, 30 September 2005- The OSCE Centre in Dushanbe today celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Helsinki Final Act, inviting Tajik officials, as well as representatives of the diplomatic corps, international and non-governmental organizations...
Chairman-in-Office welcomes progress in Bosnia and Herzegovina but warns of need to tackle remaining obstacles
Publishing date: 27 September 2005
SARAJEVO, 27 September 2005- In the course of a day-long visit to Sarajevo, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, noted Bosnia and Herzegovina's progress in many areas, particularly defence reform, pointing out...
OSCE/ODIHR hosts Europe's largest human rights event for the tenth time in Warsaw
Publishing date: 15 September 2005
WARSAW, 15 September 2005- Europe's largest human rights and democracy review conference will be opened for the tenth time next week. Up to 1,000 international experts, government representatives and human rights activists will gather in Warsaw...
OSCE Election Support Team to Afghanistan urges participants to "ensure successful and democratic elections"
Publishing date: 15 September 2005
KABUL, 15 September 2005- The Head of the OSCE Election Support Team to Afghanistan called today on all participants in the 18 September legislative polls to play their part in ensuring the elections are successful and democratic. "These elections are...
OSCE States hold high-level consultations on reform of the Organization
Publishing date: 13 September 2005
VIENNA, 13 September 2005- A two-day, high-level meeting of the OSCE participating States has been considering wide-ranging proposals for the reform of the 55-nation body. These consultations continued a process...
OSCE Centre helps Kazakhstan prepare for ratification of pollution control protocol
Publishing date: 6 September 2005
ALMATY, 6 September 2005- A set of recommendations to assist Kazakhstan to ratify the Kyiv Protocol on pollutant release and transfer registers was offered at a meeting of government officials, experts and civil society representatives...
Armenian translation of the Helsinki Final Act presented by OSCE Yerevan Office and the Armenian Foreign Ministry
Publishing date: 2 September 2005
YEREVAN, 2 September 2005- The Armenian translation of the Helsinki Final Act, the first comprehensive document addressing European security, was introduced today to the public in Yerevan on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of its adoption...