News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre helps Kyrgyzstan to promote tourism
Publishing date: 10 June 2005
BISHKEK, 10 June 2005- The OSCE Centre in Bishkek is helping to promote foreign tourism in Kyrgyzstan in the wake of unrest in March by organizing tours of the country for foreign journalists. A first group of European and American journalists began...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine helps re-train discharged military officers
Publishing date: 10 June 2005
KYIV, 10 June 2005- A group of senior Ukrainian military officers graduated today in Kyiv from an OSCE funded re-training course on advanced management skills. Since 2004, more than 210 officers have finished...
Ambassador Marc Perrin de Brichambaut appointed OSCE Secretary General
Publishing date: 10 June 2005
VIENNA, 10 June 2005- The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe on Friday appointed Ambassador Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, a senior French diplomat, as OSCE Secretary General for a three-year term. The appointment takes effect from...
International commitments promoting tolerance must be implemented say four international institutions
Publishing date: 9 June 2005
CORDOBA, 9 June 2005- Four international institutions promoting tolerance and non-discrimination today said that implementation of commitments in the fight against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia and intolerance...
OSCE Mission welcomes adoption of pro-European Declaration by Montenegrin Parliament
Publishing date: 9 June 2005
BELGRADE, 9 June 2005-- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, Ambassador Maurizio Massari, welcomed the adoption by the Montenegrin Parliament today of a Declaration on Accession to the European Union...
OSCE hosts three-country conference on judicial co-operation in war crimes proceedings
Publishing date: 8 June 2005
VELIKI BRIJUNI, 8 June 2005- The OSCE on Wednesday hosted a conference of justice ministers from Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia and Montenegro on inter-state judicial co-operation in war crimes proceedings. Ministers identified...
OSCE Chairman, Spanish Foreign Minister say States need to act on commitments to fight intolerance and discrimination
Publishing date: 8 June 2005
CORDOBA, 8 June 2005- A two-day OSCE conference on combating anti-Semitism and other forms of intolerance opened on Wednesday with appeals by Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos and OSCE Chairman Dimitrij Rupel for concrete action to...