News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE's human rights office calls for strengthening of new Ombudsman office in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 21 October 2002
WARSAW, 17 October 2002- OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) welcomed the recent creation of a national human rights institution in Kazakhstan, but called for the strengthening of its mandate in...
Go-ahead given for Out of Kosovo election day operations
Publishing date: 18 October 2002
PRISTINA, 18 October 2002- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo welcomes the signing of Memoranda of Understandings which will allow the setting up of polling stations in Serbia and Montenegro for Kosovo's municipal elections...
Banja Luka and Sanski Most firms join OSCE's Fair Employment Project
Publishing date: 17 October 2002
BANJA LUKA, 17 October 2002- Three firms today signed a memorandum of understanding with the OSCE to participate in the Fair Employment project. The firms pledge to adopt principles of equal possibilities for all, regardless...
Polling station committees to provide better service to voters in Kosovo municipal elections
Publishing date: 17 October 2002
PRISTINA, 17 October 2002- Providing a better service to voters on Elections Day is the focus of a training programme taking place in and around Kosovo under the auspices of the OSCE. The training is designed for the members...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo: Disconnecting of power was unfounded and illegal
Publishing date: 17 October 2002
PRISTINA, 17 October 2002- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo demanded today that the Kosovo Energy Corporation (KEK) re-start the supply of power to the OSCE Headquarters in Pristina. "The disconnection of electricity that occurred...
Bishkek seminar stresses importance of penal reform
Publishing date: 15 October 2002
BISHKEK, 15 October 2002- Experts at a seminar in Krygyzstan on prisoners' rights stressed that penal reform, in order to be successful, needs a complex approach and allies in the government, in the Parliament, in the court system...
OSCE's human rights cinema week in Tajikistan becomes regular event
Publishing date: 15 October 2002
DUSHANBE, 15 October 2002- Moviegoers, as well as people interested in human rights were brought together for five days of film screenings in the Tajik capital. The second Cinema Week on Human Rights, organized by the OSCE Mission...