News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Secretary General Kubis urges Tajikistan to continue reforms
Publishing date: 18 June 2002
DUSHANBE, 18 June 2002- Speaking at the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the signing of the peace accords in Tajikistan, the OSCE Secretary General, Jan Kubis, today urged the Tajik authorities "to continue with determination the reform process"...
OSCE helps rehabilitation of earthquake child victims in Georgia
Publishing date: 18 June 2002
TBILISI, 18 June 2002- A fund raised by an OSCE charity ball is being used to provide psycho-social rehabilitation to 75 children from internally displaced families who were heavily affected by an earthquake in Georgia last April...
New law on political parties could seriously threaten political pluralism in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 17 June 2002
ALMATY, 27 June 2002- The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Centre in Almaty is deeply concerned with the new law on political parties, approved on 26 June by the Parliament of Kazakhstan approved a new law on political...
High-level officials agree to coordinate fight against terrorism
Publishing date: 13 June 2002
Lisbon, 13 June 2002- High-level officials from governments and major international organizations, meeting in Lisbon on the initiative of the Portuguese Chairmanship of the OSCE, agreed on Wednesday to improve co-ordination and information-sharing...
Ambassador Ahrens urges Albania to implement anti-corruption plan
Publishing date: 12 June 2002
TIRANA, 12 June 2002- Ambassador Geert-Hinrich Ahrens, head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, urged the implementation of the revised government anti-corruption plan and said the General Prosecutor's office had a key role to play in the fight...
Simultaneous translation systems delivered to Kosovo courts
Publishing date: 12 June 2002
PRISTINA, 12 June 2002- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo handed over two Simultaneous Translation Systems (STS) to the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMiK) Department of Justice to equip Kosovo Courts. One STS was installed...
Pristina conference focuses on supporting NGOs in South-eastern Europe
Publishing date: 7 June 2002
PRISTINA, 7 June 2002- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo is today hosting a meeting on improving co-operation between non-governmental organisation (NGO) and community support centres in Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia...