News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
First international conference on radioactive waste in Tajikistan opens in Dushanbe
Publishing date: 5 November 2004
DUSHANBE, 5 November 2004- A pioneering international conference started today in Dushanbe, focusing on the monitoring of radioactive waste dumps in northern Tajikistan. "Radioactive waste in this region is the biggest human-made disaster in Central Asia
OSCE conference calls for greater co-operation to help IDPs
Publishing date: 5 November 2004
VIENNA, 5 November 2004- An OSCE conference on internally displaced persons (IDPs), held in Vienna on 4 and 5 November, called for pre-emptive action to avoid displacement and for better co-operation between...
OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina focuses on protecting workers' rights
Publishing date: 29 October 2004
SARAJEVO, 29 October 2004- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina issued the following statement today: "Following an OSCE Mission-sponsored roundtable, "the Role of Trade Unions in Protecting Workers' Rights from Discrimination" held...
OSCE Office holds meeting on sustainable development in Armenia
Publishing date: 29 October 2004
YEREVAN, 29 October 2004- More than forty-five Armenian parliamentarians and government representatives attended a meeting on sustainable development held in the country's National Assembly. The event was organized...
OSCE Magazine features police reform in Kyrgyzstan, interview with U.S. Ambassador
Publishing date: 28 October 2004
VIENNA, 28 October 2004- Kyrgyzstan's ground-breaking efforts to modernize its culture of policing, U.S. views on the future of the OSCE and on its role in observing next week's U.S. presidential election, combating the new "cyber-hate", and...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office, visiting Skopje, praises progress in Euro-Atlantic integration
Publishing date: 19 October 2004
SKOPJE, 19 October 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, congratulated the political leadership in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia for its achievements in establishing security and stability...
OSCE Mission welcomes adoption of pro-EU resolution by Serbian Parliament
Publishing date: 14 October 2004
BELGRADE, 14 October 2004- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, Maurizio Massari, welcomed the adoption by the Serbian Parliament today a Resolution on Accession to the EU. "This is an important step forward for Serbia," he said...