News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE holds workshop on threat posed by use of Internet by terrorists
Publishing date: 14 October 2005
VIENNA, 14 October 2005- Identifying ways of combating the use of the Internet for terrorist purposes while ensuring continued respect for human rights was the aim of a meeting of experts that ended today in Vienna. Hosted by the OSCE...
Helsinki 30 years on: OSCE Chairman calls for 'same political courage' to guide future of the Organization
Publishing date: 1 August 2005
HELSINKI, 1 August 2005- Invoking the spirit of Helsinki of three decades ago, the Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, said the Organization's members needed to display the same political courage in plotting...
OSCE discusses international co-operation to protect human rights in the fight against terrorism
Publishing date: 15 July 2005
VIENNA, 15 July 2005- Human rights experts attending a two-day OSCE conference discussed the need for effective co-operation among governments, NGOs and international agencies to ensure protection of human rights in the fight against terrorism. "We...
Transition in Kyrgyzstan is focus of OSCE Magazine
Publishing date: 12 July 2005
VIENNA, 12 July 2005- The changing of the guard in Europe's largest security organization and the OSCE's dynamic partnership with Kyrgyzstan as it ushers in a challenging phase in its history are the main themes in the OSCE Magazine's latest issue...
OSCE Representative on Intolerance against Muslims cautions against tendency to identify terrorism with Islam
Publishing date: 12 July 2005
ANKARA, 12 July 2005- Omur Orhun, the OSCE Chairman's Personal Representative on Combating Intolerance and Discrimination against Muslims, condemned last week's terrorist attacks in London but noted with regret a tendency to identify Islam with terror...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office condemns terrorist attack on London
Publishing date: 7 July 2005
LJUBLJANA, 7 July 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, has roundly condemned today's series of bomb attacks on travellers in central London. Expressing dismay and horror at news reports of the deaths...
OSCE anti-terrorism unit organizes regional travel document workshop in Sofia
Publishing date: 1 July 2005
SOFIA, 1 July 2005- International standards in travel document handling and ways to improve existing practices in the region were the focus of an OSCE-organized workshop held in Sofia on 29 and 30 June...