News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairman-in-Office expresses concern over campaign against the OSCE Advisory and Monitoring Group in Belarus
Publishing date: 7 September 2001
BUCHAREST, 7 September 2001 (OSCE)- The Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe notes with concern the public campaign launched in Belarus against the OSCE...
OSCE conference on equal opportunities for Roma and Sinti
Publishing date: 7 September 2001
BUCHAREST, 6 September 2001 (OSCE)- Recognising the importance of the Roma and Sinti community, the Romanian Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Mircea Geoana, invited 300 delegates from all 55 OSCE participating States to share their experiences...
OSCE organizes training session on women's rights in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 7 September 2001
TASHKENT, 7 September 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE Centre in Tashkent, together with the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), will hold a training session on human rights report writing in Chatkal, near Tashkent.
Voter registration for Kosovo elections extended by two weeks
Publishing date: 6 September 2001
PRISTINA, 6 September 2001 (OSCE)- The deadline for registering to vote in the forthcoming elections for a Central Assembly in Kosovo has been extended by two weeks, until 22 September, 2001.
OSCE agrees to expand its mission in former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Publishing date: 6 September 2001
VIENNA, 6 September 2001 (OSCE)- The Permanent Council of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), has agreed today to an expansion of its Mission in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
Belarus- OSCE Group refutes newspaper accusation of involvement in intelligence operations
Publishing date: 5 September 2001
MINSK, 5 September 2001 (OSCE)- An article published in today\'s edition of the state-controlled newspaper, Sovietskaya Belorussiya, tries to implicate the OSCE\'s Advisory and Monitoring Group (AMG) in Belarus in intelligence operations.
Regional round tables on water systems in Albania
Publishing date: 4 September 2001
TIRANA, 4 September 2001 (OSCE)- A series of regional meetings to discuss the decentralization of the public water services will take place throughout Albania during the first week of September.