News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE and High Representative urge Bosnia and Herzegovina to adopt Election Law
Publishing date: 26 June 2001
SARAJEVO, 26 June 2001 (OSCE)-- The new Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Robert Beecroft, and the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, deplore the most recent failure of the House of Representatives
OSCE seeks inclusive elections in Kosovo
Publishing date: 26 June 2001
PRISTINA, 26 June 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo wants to ensure that the upcoming Kosovo-wide elections will be inclusive. This means involving all Kosovo\'s ethnic groups and their political parties in the process...
Chairman-in-Office urges passing of election law in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 26 June 2001
BUCHAREST, 26 June 2001 (OSCE)- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, deplores the most recent failure of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Parliament to adopt the Election Law, an essential piece of legislation...
Meeting on trafficking in human beings held in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 26 June 2001
DUSHANBE, 26 June 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE Mission to Tajikistan co-organized on 21 June a working round table meeting on the combating of trafficking in human beings, which was attended by representatives of the Tajik authorities, the judiciary...
OSCE police school hosts Kosovo 2001 Youth Congress
Publishing date: 25 June 2001
PRISTINA, 25 June 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE-run Kosovo Police Service School (KPSS) in Vushtrri / Vucitrn is hosting an important gathering of youth groups from all over Kosovo this week...
Albanian parliamentary elections mark progress towards international standards
Publishing date: 25 June 2001
TIRANA, 25 June 2001 (OSCE)-- Yesterday's parliamentary elections in Albania marked progress towards meeting international standards for democratic elections, concluded the International Election Observation Mission in a statement issued today...
Drug specialists meet at OSCE conference in Georgia
Publishing date: 25 June 2001
TBLISI, 25 June 2001-- Georgian, Abkhaz and South Ossetian drug specialists participated on 21 and 22 June at an OSCE-sponsored meeting held in Sukhumi, Georgia, where they familiarized themselves with regional drug-related problems...