News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE holds high-level meeting with Council of Europe, discusses way to boost co-operation
Publishing date: 22 September 2006
NEW YORK, 22 September 2006- The OSCE held high-level talks with the Council of Europe yesterday and the two organizations agreed to keep boosting co-operation on fighting terrorism and trafficking in human beings, protecting national minorities and...
OSCE Mission trains Kosovo Protection Corps officers on human rights
Publishing date: 22 September 2006
PRISTINA, 22 September 2006- Thirty seven officers of the Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC) received certificates today after completing an OSCE-organized course on human rights. The three-day event also focused on minority rights and gender issues....
OSCE Mission to Skopje presents survey showing decentralization reform on track
Publishing date: 22 September 2006
SKOPJE, 22 September 2006- A survey conducted in 80 of the country's 84 municipalities by the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje has concluded that municipalities view the decentralization process as "mostly successful"...
OSCE boosts NGO network to fight human trafficking in south Kyrgyzstan and neighboring countries
Publishing date: 22 September 2006
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 22 September 2006- The OSCE Field Office in Osh has established an NGO network in the Ferghana Valley to fight against human trafficking. The network will strengthen co-operation with government and international institutions, help...
OSCE Chairman seriously regrets sentence against Belarus opposition leader Kozulin upheld during appeal
Publishing date: 21 September 2006
NEW YORK, 21 September 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office expressed regret today that the Belarus authorities had dismissed an appeal from A. Kozulin, an opposition candidate in last March's presidential election, and left the severe sentence in force...
Promoting economic prosperity, environmental co-operation can contribute to stability, OSCE official says
Publishing date: 20 September 2006
YEREVAN, 20 September 2006- The Co-ordinator for OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, today applauded Armenia's efforts to improve the investment and business climate for foreign and domestic investors, saying such activities contribute to...
British parliamentarian to lead OSCE short-term election observation in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 20 September 2006
COPENHAGEN, 20 September, 2006- David Heath, a British Member of Parliament, has been appointed to lead the OSCE short-term election observation mission to the general elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 1 October...