News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE work to fight intolerance important, says Arab League Secretary General
Publishing date: 17 April 2008
VIENNA, 17 April 2008- The OSCE and the League of Arab States face common challenges and strive toward common goals, particularly in the fight against intolerance and discrimination, the League's Secretary General, Amre Moussa, told the OSCE...
OSCE media freedom representative launches guidebook on media self-regulation at Paris forum
Publishing date: 17 April 2008
PARIS, 17 April 2008- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, presented a new OSCE publication on media self-regulation today at the Eurasia Regional Forum for Media Development...
OSCE Chairman expresses concern about recent developments in the Georgian conflict areas
Publishing date: 17 April 2008
HELSINKI, 17 April 2008- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office Alexander Stubb expressed concern today over the Russian Federation's decision to establish official ties with the de facto authorities of Georgia's breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia...
Chairman-in-Office pledges to strengthen OSCE action to promote tolerance
Publishing date: 16 April 2008
HELSINKI, 16 April 2008- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb, underscored today that equality and non-discrimination were fundamental principles on which the Organization was founded...
OSCE Mission to Moldova conducts seminar on economic and environmental confidence-building measures
Publishing date: 15 April 2008
ODESSA, 15 April 2008- Officials and experts from the Republic of Moldova and the Transdniestrian region addressed common economic and environmental concerns today at a seminar organized by the OSCE Mission to Moldova in the Ukrainian city of Odessa...
OSCE human rights body co-organizes expert meeting on use of plea agreements in Bosnia and Herzegovina war crimes cases
Publishing date: 15 April 2008
SARAJEVO, 15 April 2008- The use of plea agreements in war crimes cases in Bosnia and Herzegovina was examined today at an expert meeting organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)...
OSCE representative calls on Azerbaijani law enforcement to stop harassing and discrediting investigative journalists
Publishing date: 11 April 2008
VIENNA, 11 April 2008- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, expressed his concern today over the continuing persecution of investigative journalists in Azerbaijan...