Skip navigation

0Meta Navigation

× Close search

Navigation

Home Newsroom Press releases
Newsroom

News and press releases

Subscribe to News Updates

News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.

Georgian parliamentary elections marred by confusion over voter lists

Publishing date: 3 November 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Elections
TBILISI, 3 November 2003- The 2 November parliamentary elections in Georgia fell short of a number of international standards. Delays and confusion over voter lists contributed to a lack of public confidence in the governmental and parliamentary...

OSCE CiO on Azeri presidential elections and his visit to the Southern Caucasus

Publishing date: 17 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Elections
THE HAGUE, 17 October 2003- The Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Netherlands Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, has expressed concern about the post-election atmosphere in Azerbaijan, in which...

OSCE Chairman hopeful of progress on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

Publishing date: 26 September 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on the conflict dealt with by the OSCE Minsk Conference
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
New York, 26 September 2003-- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Netherlands Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, expressed hope that the Co-Chairmen of the Minsk Group will be able to make some progress on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict...

OSCE CiO appeals to Turkmenistan to live up to human rights commitments

Publishing date: 26 September 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution
NEW YORK, 26 September 2003- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Netherlands Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, spoke on Thursday with the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan, Rashid Meredov, about co-operation...

OSCE CiO and Russian Foreign Minister discuss Moldova and other Chairmanship priorities

Publishing date: 25 September 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
NEW YORK, 25 September 2003- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Netherlands Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, said on Wednesday that Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov had expressed interest in the Chairmanship's ideas about the central theme...

Chairman-in-Office continues OSCE mediation efforts on Moldova

Publishing date: 24 September 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
NEW YORK, 24 September 2003- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Netherlands Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, agreed with Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin on the urgency of reaching a political solution for the Moldovan/Transdniestrian...

OSCE CiO committed to bringing Dutch chairmanship to good end

Publishing date: 23 September 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
NEW YORK, 23 September 2003- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Netherlands Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, said on Monday that he is "extremely pleased" with his appointment as Secretary-General of NATO starting from 1 January 2004...