News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE trains candidates for the Kosovo Bar exam
Publishing date: 10 December 2001
PRISTINA, 10 December 2001-- A group of 60 jurists who are scheduled to take, later this month, the first Bar/Judicial exam organized in Kosovo in nearly ten years have completed a preparatory training course organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo.
Human Rights Day: OSCE Chairman calls on states to uphold fundamental freedom when fighting terrorism
Publishing date: 10 December 2001
Bucharest, 10 December 2001- On the occasion of United Nations Human Rights Day, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Mircea Geoana, has called on all OSCE participating States to firmly uphold their international human rights commitments...
OSCE promotes victim advocacy network in Kosovo
Publishing date: 6 December 2001
PRISTINA, 6 December 2001- Initial steps have been taken to fill a gap in Kosovo's criminal justice system through the creation of a victim advocacy network that includes victim sensitive responses from both governmental and non-governmental actors...
Local media in Tetovo ready to work together despite ethnic differences
Publishing date: 5 December 2001
TETOVO, 5 December 2001 (OSCE)-- Managers of electronic media in the town of Tetovo in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, have agreed to co-operate over a project to open a "media city desk"...
OSCE Ministerial Council adopts broad-ranging action plan to combat terrorism
Publishing date: 4 December 2001
BUCHAREST, 4 December 2001- The OSCE Ministerial Council has adopted on the second day a broad-ranging document for comprehensive action by the 55 OSCE participating States in the global fight against terrorism...
OSCE Ministerial Council adopts statement on regional issues
Publishing date: 4 December 2001
BUCHAREST, 4 December 2001- Security and stability in Central Asia, the situation regarding Nagorno-Karabakh and this year's developments in Georgia, Moldova and south-eastern Europe are in the focus of a statement adopted today...
OSCE to organize planning session on women right's awareness in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 4 December 2001
ALMATY, 3 December 2001- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the OSCE Centre in Almaty continue implementing a "Women's Rights Awareness" project in Kazakhstan...