News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE/ODIHR handbook emphasizes human rights of trafficking victims
Publishing date: 14 May 2004
WARSAW, 14 May 2004-A new handbook published by a leading European human rights organization, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, focuses on improving protection of the human rights of trafficking victims. It also provides...
OSCE Centre in Tashkent trains women in advocacy work
Publishing date: 13 May 2004
TASHKENT, 13 May 2004- The second phase of an OSCE project aimed at increasing the participation of women in Uzbekistan's civil society is being launched today with a five-day workshop in the capital. The training scheme on capacity building for women...
OSCE Office in Minsk calls documentary shown by Belarusian state broadcaster "slanderous"
Publishing date: 13 May 2004
MINSK, 13 May 2004- The Head of the OSCE Office in Minsk, Ambassador Eberhard Heyken, criticized a TV documentary recently shown on Belarusian state television as an "open slander of key opposition politicians"...
Head of OSCE Office calls upon Armenian political forces to resolve difficulties through dialogue
Publishing date: 12 May 2004
YEREVAN, 12 May 2004- The Head of the OSCE Office in Yerevan, Vladimir Pryakhin, today welcomed the resumption of contacts between the authorities and the opposition in Armenia. "I encourage both sides to engage in a meaningful and genuine dialogue in...
OSCE Chairman encourages Croatia to continue refugee return efforts
Publishing date: 11 May 2004
ZAGREB/ZADAR, 11 May 2004- Ending a two-day visit to Croatia during which he met returnees near Zadar, OSCE Chairman-in Office Solomon Passy congratulated the Croatian Government for making the resolution of refugees and displaced persons problem a...
Failure to pass Higher Education Law betrays students, warn international organizations in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 11 May 2004
SARAJEVO, 11 May 2004- The Office of the High Representative, the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), the World Bank and the Council of Europe expressed their regret today about the failure to pass the Higher Education Law...
Kyrgyz President says OSCE Academy in Bishkek to become a "centre of excellence"
Publishing date: 11 May 2004
BISHKEK, 11 May 2004- Visiting the OSCE Academy in Bishkek today, Krygyzstan's President Askar Akaev said he is committed to making the Academy a "centre of excellence", which educates future Central Asian leaders and deals with analysis and research...