News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President George visits Poland
Publishing date: 4 September 2003
COPENHAGEN, 4 September 2003- From 8-9 September, Bruce George, President of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA), will pay an official visit to Poland.
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President calls on OSCE to reassert its role in enlarging Europe
Publishing date: 3 September 2003
VIENNA, 3 September 2003- The President of the OSCE's Parliamentary Assembly, Bruce George, today called upon the OSCE to reassert its importance in the face of the enlargement process of the European Union and NATO...
OSCE Mission helps train Armenian judges in new Criminal Code
Publishing date: 25 August 2003
YEREVAN, 25 August 2003- Judges from all levels of the Armenian court system have been given training, jointly organized by the OSCE Office in Yerevan, to improve their understanding of the new Criminal Code, which came into force on 1 August...
Former OSCE staff member gains top Canadian human rights award
Publishing date: 14 August 2003
SARAJEVO, 14 August 2003- Canadian human rights lawyer, Georgette Gagnon, who served from 2001 to 2003 as Director of Human Rights for the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, has been honoured with the Walter Tarnopolsky Human Rights...
OSCE meeting tries to resolve NGO registration issues in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 12 August 2003
BAKU, 12 August 2003- The problems facing local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in registering with state authorities is the focus of a meeting which opened today in the Azeri capital, Baku. Through this meeting, which is the first in a...
OSCE Kosovo Mission to transfer election operations to local body
Publishing date: 8 August 2003
PRISTINA, 8 August 2003- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo (OMiK) will begin to transfer some of its operational responsibilities for elections to a permanent Secretariat of the Central Election Commission (CEC), while maintaining an advisory role within...
OSCE and Kyrgyzstan sign agreement on implementing first major police assistance programme in Central Asia
Publishing date: 7 August 2003
BISHKEK, 7 August 2003- The Kyrgyz Government has signed a key agreement today with the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, launching a comprehensive OSCE police assistance programme aimed at establishing community policing, improving the quality of criminal...