News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Italian Parliamentarian Giovanni Kessler to lead OSCE observation of Armenian elections
Publishing date: 26 May 2003
COPENHAGEN, 23 May 2003- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Dutch Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, has appointed Giovanni Kessler, member of the Italian Delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, as his Special Representative during the...
OSCE Mission calls for an end to local political gridlock in Kosovo
Publishing date: 19 May 2003
PRISTINA, 19 May 2003- In a report on the boycott within the municipal level of government in Kosovo, the OSCE Mission in Kosovo (OMiK) has told the people of the province they have a right to expect many of their local leaders to do a far better job...
OSCE holds workshops in Central Asian Region on civil-military relations
Publishing date: 13 May 2003
VIENNA, 13 May- A team of OSCE experts are in Central Asia this week to promote OSCE standards on civil-military relations, including democratic oversight of the armed forces. The experts are meeting government officials and senior military...
Roundtable spotlights forthcoming electoral processes in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 13 May 2003
ALMATY, 13 May 2003- Political actors in Kazakhstan, meeting at a roundtable co-organized by the OSCE, view the current electoral calendar as a key part of the ongoing process for strengthening democratic institutions in the country. Members of...
UN Mission in Kosovo at most critical phase, UNMIK Head tells OSCE
Publishing date: 8 May 2003
VIENNA, 8 May 2003- The United Nations Mission in Kosovo has entered what is perhaps its most critical and delicate phase as powers are transferred from the international community to local bodies, Michael Steiner, Special Representative of the UN...
Parliamentarians to join OSCE short-term observation of Armenian elections
Publishing date: 6 May 2003
COPENHAGEN, 6 May 2003- The Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE PA) will send a large delegation of OSCE parliamentarians to observe the parliamentary elections in Armenia on 25 May. In...
Tajik journalists celebrate Press Freedom Day with OSCE Centre in Dushanbe
Publishing date: 5 May 2003
DUSHANBE, 5 May 2003- Some five hundred journalists from across Tajikistan gathered to celebrate World Press Freedom Day at a special event in Dushanbe on Saturday. The winners of a competition on how democratic and socio-economic reforms for...