News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Successful conclusion of Article V negotiations finalize remaining component of Dayton/Paris Peace Accords
Publishing date: 18 July 2001
VIENNA, 18 July 2001 (OSCE)-- Today, twenty participating States reached consensus on a document, which finalizes the single remaining aspect of the Dayton Peace Accords. The consensus was reached on a Concluding Document of the Article V negotiations...
Chairman-in-Office welcomes conduct of elections in Albania
Publishing date: 13 July 2001
BUCHAREST, 13 July 2001-- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, welcomes the adequate and transparent conduct of the first and second round of the parliamentary elections in Albania, held on 24 June and 8 July...
Croatia's decision to co-operate with ICTY welcomed by OSCE Chairman-in-Office
Publishing date: 13 July 2001
BUCHAREST, 13 July 2001 (OSCE)- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, welcomes the recent decision of the Croatian Government to co-operate with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)...
OSCE calls for co-ordinated fight against trafficking in human beings
Publishing date: 12 July 2001
VIENNA, 12 July 2001 (OSCE)- In a bid to improve the fight against trafficking in human beings, the OSCE Permanent Council today urged its international partner organizations to adopt similar anti-trafficking rules to those contained in OSCE...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office addresses 10th annual meeting of the Organization's Parliamentary Assembly
Publishing date: 6 July 2001
PARIS, 6 July 2001 (OSCE)- Addressing the 10th annual meeting of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (PA), the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Mircea Geoana, stressed that the ten years of activities of the PA reflected ten years of dramatic change in Europe...
Van der Stoel appointed Personal Envoy of Chairman-in-Office
Publishing date: 29 June 2001
VIENNA, 29 June 2001 (OSCE)- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, has appointed Max van der Stoel as his Personal Envoy with the mandate \"to facilitate a dialogue and provide advice for a speedy solution...
Chairman-in-Office welcomes transfer of Milosevic to The Hague
Publishing date: 29 June 2001
BUCHAREST, 29 June 2001 (OSCE)- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, welcomes the transfer of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia...