News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Human Rights Day: OSCE Chairman calls on states to uphold fundamental freedom when fighting terrorism
Publishing date: 10 December 2001
Bucharest, 10 December 2001- On the occasion of United Nations Human Rights Day, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Mircea Geoana, has called on all OSCE participating States to firmly uphold their international human rights commitments...
OSCE Ministerial Council adopts broad-ranging action plan to combat terrorism
Publishing date: 4 December 2001
BUCHAREST, 4 December 2001- The OSCE Ministerial Council has adopted on the second day a broad-ranging document for comprehensive action by the 55 OSCE participating States in the global fight against terrorism...
OSCE Ministerial Council adopts statement on regional issues
Publishing date: 4 December 2001
BUCHAREST, 4 December 2001- Security and stability in Central Asia, the situation regarding Nagorno-Karabakh and this year's developments in Georgia, Moldova and south-eastern Europe are in the focus of a statement adopted today...
OSCE Ministers endorse successful negotiation of last section of Dayton/Paris Peace Accords
Publishing date: 4 December 2001
BUCHAREST, 4 December 2001 (OSCE)- The OSCE, which is holding its two-day annual meeting in Bucharest, decided on Tuesday to endorse a major negotiating success- reaching consensus on the remaining aspect of the Dayton/Paris Peace Accords...
OSCE Troika meets with Partners for Co-operation in Bucharest
Publishing date: 3 December 2001
BUCHAREST, 3 December 2001 (OSCE)- On the eve of the Ministerial Council, taking place on 3 and 4 December in Bucharest, the OSCE Ministerial Troika held a meeting on 2 December dedicated to relations with the OSCE Partners for Co-operation.
International conference on countering terrorism to take place in Kyrgyzstan on 13 and 14 December
Publishing date: 29 November 2001
VIENNA, 29 November 2001-- Highlighting the importance of the comprehensiveness of efforts to prevent and counter terrorism will be on top of the agenda of an international conference co-organized by the Organization for Security and...
Chairman-in-Office hails peaceful Kosovo-wide election
Publishing date: 18 November 2001
BUCHAREST, 18 November 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geona, has welcomed the peaceful conduct of Kosovo's first assembly election...