News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
International Organizations launch programme to address environmental and security situation in Ferghana valley
Publishing date: 27 May 2005
VIENNA/ALMATY, 27 May 2005- Addressing the environmental and security situation in the Ferghana valley and other problems facing this complex and dynamic part of Central Asia is the aim of a joint programme launched today in Almaty by...
OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro supports implementation of law on free access to information
Publishing date: 27 May 2005
BELGRADE, 27 May 2005- The law on free access to information and the rights of citizens to seek and receive information, as well as the obligations of the State in this respect, were the focus of a meeting that ended in Vrsac on 25 May...
Migration, demographic trends and integration of national minorities to top agenda of OSCE Economic Forum in Prague
Publishing date: 19 May 2005
VIENNA, 19 May 2005- Ways to ensure security and development in the OSCE area in light of the changing demographic situation and migration patterns will be the focus of the 13th OSCE Economic Forum in Prague from 23 to 27 May. This year's event...
OSCE Chairman, ICTY Head welcome Permanent Council decision on intensified co-operation
Publishing date: 19 May 2005
VIENNA, 19 May 2005- A meeting of the Permanent Council, addressed by the Chief Prosecutor of the ICTY, Carla Del Ponte, agreed today to commence co-operation on monitoring war crimes trials. The decision was welcomed by the Chairman of the OSCE...
OSCE Chair's personal representative discusses Kyrgyz presidential elections with political leader Kulov
Publishing date: 17 May 2005
BISHKEK, 17 May 2005- Alojz Peterle, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office's Personal Representative for Central Asia, met prominent Kyrgyz political leader Felix Kulov today, to discuss issues affecting the presidential elections, scheduled for 10 July. The...
OSCE Chairman to sign co-operation agreement at Council of Europe Summit in Warsaw
Publishing date: 16 May 2005
LJUBLJANA, 16 May 2005- In his capacity as OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Dr Dimitrij Rupel, Slovenia's Foreign Minister is participating in the Third Council of Europe Summit in Warsaw on 16 and 17 May, where he will sign a joint declaration on co-operati...
OSCE Chairman reflects on 60th Anniversary of the end of World War II
Publishing date: 9 May 2005
LJUBLJANA, 9 May 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office issued the following statement on Monday on the sixtieth anniversary of the end of World War Two: "Sixty years ago this month, a world at war and a devastated Europe breathed a sigh of relief...