News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Fostering observance of human rights provisions in Ukraine
Publishing date: 24 October 2001
KYIV, 24 October 2001 (OSCE)-- On 22 and 23 October, a regional seminar on the implications of the European Convention on Human Rights for the work of law enforcement bodies was held in Ukraine...
Seminar on the role of human rights NGOs in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 24 October 2001
DUSHANBE, 24 October 2001 (OSCE)-- A two-day seminar on the role of human rights NGOs in protection of human rights in Tajikistan highlighted the role of NGOs in civil society, their co-operation with state authorities...
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Severin visits Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 24 October 2001
BAKU, 24 October 2001 (OSCE)-- On 21- 24 October 2001, Adrian Severin, the President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, paid an official visit to Azerbaijan to acquire a deeper insight into the present situation in the country...
High Representative and OSCE welcome progress made in Bosnia and Herzegovina, call for more reforms
Publishing date: 18 October 2001
VIENNA, 18 October 2001 (OSCE)- The High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Wolfgang Petritsch, and the Head of the OSCE Mission there, Robert M. Beecroft, have welcomed the progress made and called for more efforts
Kosovo Bar exam resumes- ten years on
Publishing date: 18 October 2001
PRISTINA, 18 October 2001 (OSCE)-- Kosovo will be seeing its own Bar/Judicial Exam for the first time in nearly a decade, with the support of the OSCE...
Kosovo political parties fined for breaking electoral rules
Publishing date: 15 October 2001
PRISTINA, 15 October 2001 (OSCE)-- Three political entities that broke Kosovo's election rules have been fined by the Election Complaints and Appeals sub Commission (ECAC)...
US Congressman Steny Hoyer leads Parliamentary Committee on Oversight and Accountability in the OSCE
Publishing date: 11 October 2001
COPENHAGEN, 11 October 2001 (OSCE)-- The President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Adrian Severin, has appointed U.S. Congressman Steny Hoyer as Chair of the Assembly`s Ad Hoc Committee on furthering oversight and accountability in the OSCE...