News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
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...
Chair-in-Office De Hoop Scheffer to address 12th OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Annual Session in Rotterdam
Publishing date: 3 June 2003
COPENHAGEN, 3 June 2003- From 5 to 9 July 2003 more than three hundred parliamentarians from the 55 OSCE participating States will gather on the premises of the Doelen Center in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, for the Twelfth Annual Session...
OSCE PA Working Group on Belarus Visits Minsk and Gomel
Publishing date: 29 May 2003
MINSK, 28 May 2003- Three members of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Working Group on Belarus, Ms. Uta Zapf (Germany), the Chair of the Group, Mr. Urban Ahlin (Sweden), and Lord Ponsonby (United Kingdom) visited Gomel and Minsk...
Armenian elections show improvement over presidential voting, but fail to meet international standards in key areas
Publishing date: 26 May 2003
YEREVAN, 26 May 2003- Sunday's parliamentary elections in Armenia marked an improvement over the recent presidential voting, but failed to meet international standards in several key areas, concluded an international observation mission.
International observers condemn violence overshadowing Armenian parliamentary elections
Publishing date: 26 May 2003
YEREVAN, 26 May 2003- The international election observation mission for the Armenian parliamentary elections strongly condemns the shooting last night at a polling station in Shahumian, south of Yerevan, that reportedly resulted in the death of one...
Italian Parliamentarian Giovanni Kessler to lead OSCE observation of Armenian elections
Publishing date: 26 May 2003
COPENHAGEN, 23 May 2003- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Dutch Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, has appointed Giovanni Kessler, member of the Italian Delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, as his Special Representative during the...
Parliamentarians adopt Bern Declaration on promoting small business in the OSCE region
Publishing date: 16 May 2003
BERN, 15 May 2003- After discussions from 14-16 May in the Swiss Parliament in Bern, more then 80 parliamentarians from 30 OSCE participating States adopted the Bern Declaration on Promoting Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in the OSCE region...