News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairman-in-Office congratulates Ukrainian people on conduct of presidential election
Publishing date: 29 December 2004
SOFIA, 29 December 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, has congratulated the Ukrainian people on the conduct of the repeat second round of the presidential election held on 26 December, in anticipation of the...
Repeat second round of election brings Ukraine substantially closer to meeting international standards
Publishing date: 27 December 2004
KYIV, 27 December 2004- The repeat second round of the presidential election in Ukraine on 26 December brought Ukraine substantially closer to meeting international standards. Throughout the election an engaged civil society demonstrated an active...
OSCE/ODIHR: Electoral process in Uzbekistan requires major improvements
Publishing date: 27 December 2004
TASHKENT/WARSAW, 27 December 2004- The Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights conducted a Limited Election Observation Mission in Uzbekistan for the parliamentary elections on 26 December. Although minor improvements since the...
OSCE Chair appoints three Personal Representatives to promote tolerance and non-discrimination
Publishing date: 23 December 2004
SOFIA, 23 December, 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office Solomon Passy has appointed three people as his Personal Representatives in the Organization's campaign to promote greater tolerance and combat racism, xenophobia and discrimination in its...
OSCE Baku office: Low polling and some problems accompany Azerbaijan's municipal election
Publishing date: 21 December 2004
BAKU, 21 December 2004- The Office in Baku today said the municipal elections held last Friday in Azerbaijan fell short of a number of international standards for democratic elections, formulated in 1990 CSCE/OSCE Copenhagen Document. Some 40 teams...
OSCE Mission issues report on new criminal procedure code of Bosnian and Herzegovina courts
Publishing date: 17 December 2004
SARAJEVO, 17 December 2004- A report on the implementation of the new criminal procedure code in the courts of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) was presented today by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Prepared by...
OSCE/ODIHR deploys large-scale election observation mission to monitor repeat voting in Ukraine
Publishing date: 16 December 2004
KYIV, 16 December 2004- The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR) has extended its election observation mission in Ukraine to follow the repeat of the second round of the presidential election scheduled for...