News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Seminar on human rights education to take place in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 9 February 2005
ALMATY, 9 February 2005- A seminar for school teachers on human rights education, organized by the OSCE Centre in Almaty, will be held in the city on 11 February. The seminar will be based on two Kazakh-language human rights manuals...
OSCE and Azerbaijani authorities agree on co-operation following report on trial monitoring
Publishing date: 4 February 2005
WARSAW/BAKU, 4 February 2005- The OSCE and Azerbaijani authorities have agreed to increase their co-operation on judicial and legal reform during a visit by Ambassador Christian Strohal, Director...
OSCE Croatia mission welcomes declaration on refugee return in south-eastern Europe
Publishing date: 1 February 2005
ZAGREB, 1 February 2005- The OSCE Mission to Croatia has welcomed the declaration on refugee return in south-eastern Europe by 2006, signed yesterday in Sarajevo by ministers responsible for refugee issues from Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia...
OSCE, UNHCR, EC pledge support for refugee return in south-eastern Europe
Publishing date: 1 February 2005
SARAJEVO, 1 February 2005- The European Commission, OSCE and UNHCR representatives in Bosnia and Herzegovina reiterated their support for the governments of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Serbia and Montenegro in their efforts to enable refugee...
OSCE Centre launches training sessions for Uzbek prosecutors
Publishing date: 26 January 2005
TASHKENT, 26 January 2005- The OSCE Centre in Tashkent today started the practical skills training on ethics, trial preparation and improving analytical and leadership abilities for Uzbek prosecutors in Charvak, Uzbekistan. The year-long project is...
OSCE Skopje mission promotes gender equality at local level
Publishing date: 12 January 2005
SKOPJE, 13 January 2005- Promoting gender equality at local administration level was the focus of a forum that ended yesterday evening in Skopje. Organized by the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje and the Union of Women's Organizations of...
OSCE Chair extends appointments of Personal Representatives to promote tolerance
Publishing date: 11 January 2005
VIENNA, 11 January 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office Dimitrij Rupel has extended the appointments for 2005 of the three Personal Representatives of his predecessor to promote greater tolerance and combat racism, xenophobia and discrimination in its...