News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Child protection conference in Tajikistan ends with draft Action Plan
Publishing date: 13 July 2001
DUSHANBE, 13 July 2001 (OSCE)- A three-day conference on child protection ended yesterday in Tajikistan. The conference, which focused on agreements on recommendations and the basic content of a draft National Plan of Action for Children...
Kosovo Election Commission adopts rule on role of media in upcoming elections
Publishing date: 13 July 2001
PRISTINA, 13 July 2001 (OSCE)-- Kosovo\'s Central Election Commission, chaired by the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Daan Everts, yesterday passed a rule on the role of the media in the electoral campaign during the run-up to the November polls...
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...
OSCE holds workshop on Ombudsman institution in Yugoslavia
Publishing date: 12 July 2001
BELGRADE, 12 July 2001 (OSCE)-- In co-operation with the Yugoslav Federal Ministry of Justice and the Office of the Greek Ombudsman, the OSCE Mission in Belgrade held a workshop on the Model of an Ombudsman Institution for the Federal Republic...
OSCE to hold second anti-corruption seminar in Lviv
Publishing date: 12 July 2001
KYIV, 12 July 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine in co-operation with the country\'s Public Prosecutor General will hold on 16 and 17 July a seminar on Corruption Investigation and Prevention Strategy in Lviv...
Albanian second round election confirms progress in some areas, but problems remain
Publishing date: 9 July 2001
TIRANA, 9 July 2001 (OSCE)- Yesterday's second round of the Albanian parliamentary elections confirmed progress towards international standards for democratic elections in a number of important areas, but problems remain, concluded the International...
International observation mission to Belarusian presidential elections
Publishing date: 9 July 2001
PARIS, 9 July 2001 (OSCE)-- On July 5, the European Institutions co-operating as the Parliamentary Troika in support of the democratic process in Belarus (the European Parliament, the Parliamentary Assemblies of the OSCE and the Council...