News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE and Council of Europe experts encourage Armenia to improve election law by end of the year
Publishing date: 3 March 2004
YEREVAN/WARSAW, 3 March 2004- Armenia has the opportunity to develop an electoral law in line with international standards by the end of 2004. This was the conclusion of experts from...
OSCE/ODIHR issues final reports on elections in Georgia and Serbia
Publishing date: 2 March 2004
WARSAW, 2 March 2004- The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has issued its final reports on the observation of recent parliamentary elections in Serbia (Serbia and Montenegro) and the presidential election in Georgia...
OSCE/ODIHR establishes large-scale Election Observation Mission to Georgia
Publishing date: 24 February 2004
WARSAW/TBILISI, 24 February 2004- The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights has established an Election Observation Mission to monitor the 28 March parliamentary elections in Georgia. The Mission is headed by...
OSCE seminar brings Tajik authorities and NGOs together for prison reform talks
Publishing date: 12 February 2004
DUSHANBE, 12 February 2004- Representatives of more than 30 NGOs, international organizations and the Tajik Government discussed prison reform for this Central Asian state at a three-day seminar that ended today. Initiated by the Tajik...
OSCE/ODIHR deploys 50 long-term observers to monitor Russian presidential election
Publishing date: 12 February 2004
WARSAW/MOSCOW, 12 February 2004- An Election Observation Mission to monitor the presidential election in the Russian Federation on 14 March has been deployed by the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)...
OSCE/ODIHR issues final reports on elections in Georgia and Russia
Publishing date: 30 January 2004
WARSAW, 30 January 2004- The OSCE's elections body, the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), has issued the final reports on last year's parliamentary elections in Georgia and the Russian Federation...
Criminal justice reform moves up the political agenda in Kyrgyzstan with OSCE conference
Publishing date: 25 January 2004
BISHKEK, 25 January 2004- The reform of Kyrgyzstan's criminal justice system topped the agenda of an international conference, organized by the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights and the OSCE Centre in Bishkek...