News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairmanship worried about tensions in Transdniestrian region
Publishing date: 9 September 2004
CHISINAU, 9 September 2004- Former Bulgarian President, Petar Stoyanov, Special Envoy for Moldova of the OSCE Chairmanship, discussed today with the Moldovan and the Transdniestrian leaderships the prospects of easing the tensions between both sides...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office held telephone conversation with leader of South Ossetia
Publishing date: 9 September 2004
SOFIA, 9 September 2004- In a telephone conversation, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, and the South Ossetian Leader, Eduard Kokoity, discussed the situation in South Ossetia as well as the possibilities...
OSCE Permanent Council honours victims of terrorism in Russia with minute's silence
Publishing date: 9 September 2004
VIENNA, 9 September 2004- The OSCE Permanent Council honoured the victims of a recent series of brutal terrorist attacks in the Russian Federation with a minute's silence on Thursday. After a number of heads of delegation expressed their sympathy and...
OSCE-UNODC conference calls for better information sharing on border management
Publishing date: 9 September 2004
VIENNA, 9 September 2004- Experts from 16 international organizations attending a conference on promoting more effective border management and security called for an increase in information sharing to address challenges of "open but safe borders". On
OSCE Chairman appoints special co-ordinators to lead election observation missions to Kazakhstan, Belarus, Ukraine and United States
Publishing date: 8 September 2004
SOFIA, 8 September 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Solomon Passy, has appointed four OSCE parliamentarians as special co-ordinators to lead observation missions for forthcoming elections in Kazakhstan, Belarus, Ukraine and the United States...
Former Bulgarian President to travel to Moldova as Special Envoy of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office
Publishing date: 8 September 2004
SOFIA, 8 September 2004- As part of its ongoing effort to encourage negotiations over the Transdniestrian problems, the Bulgarian OSCE Chairmanship has announced that a Special Envoy will travel to Moldova...
OSCE Chairman horrified at brutal terrorist act on school in North Ossetia
Publishing date: 4 September 2004
SOFIA, 4 September 2004- OSCE Chairman-in-Office Solomon Passy offered his sincere condolences to the Russian people over the brutal terrorist act which led to the loss of hundreds of innocent lives. "Words are powerless...