News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly adopts Rotterdam Declaration
Publishing date: 9 July 2003
ROTTERDAM, 9 July 2003- At the close of their meetings in Rotterdam from 5 to 9 July 2003, nearly 300 Parliamentarians of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly adopted the Rotterdam Declaration focusing on the political, economic and human...
OSCE Parliamentarians to consider current international issues in Rotterdam
Publishing date: 18 June 2003
COPENHAGEN, 18 June 2003- In addition to debating draft resolutions on 'The Role of the OSCE in the New Architecture of Europe', which forms the main theme of the Twelfth Annual Session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly...
OSCE PA President George concludes visit to Ukraine
Publishing date: 18 June 2003
KIEV, 17 June 2003- The President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (PA), Bruce George (MP, United Kingdom), paid an official visit to Ukraine from 15 to 17 June in conjunction with his participation in an OSCE Seminar on the Democratic Control...
OSCE meeting in Ukraine discusses democratic control of armed forces by civil society
Publishing date: 17 June 2003
KYIV, 17 June 2003- Improving the integration of armed forces into civil society and strengthening parliamentary oversight of the army, police and security forces were on top of the agenda of a two-day OSCE workshop which ended in Kyiv, Ukraine today...
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and Kyrgyzstan share interest in strengthening of parliamentary system
Publishing date: 10 June 2003
BISHKEK, 10 June 2003- Bruce George, President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, paid a visit to the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek on 9 and 10 June, 2003, to express the Assembly's and his own personal strong interest in reforms...
OSCE Parliamentarians Focus on Central Asia
Publishing date: 8 June 2003
ALMATY, 8 June 2003- Today, the President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Bruce George, concluded the Trans Asian Parliamentary Forum in Almaty, Kazakhstan, with a Final Statement summarizing the main conclusions...
President George Opens OSCE PA Trans-Asian Forum in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 7 June 2003
ALMATY, 7 June 2003- "Genuine security in Central Asia cannot be advanced without improvements in the economic conditions in which people are living. International economic organizations can assist in positive development...