News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Office concerned over assault on prominent Belarusian opposition figure
Publishing date: 6 July 2004
MINSK, 6 July 2004- The Head of the OSCE Office in Minsk, Ambassador Eberhard Heyken, expressed great concern about last week's assault on opposition politician General Valery Frolov. "This incident must be condemned," he said today in the Belarusian...
OSCE Office in Baku supports conference on reforms to Azerbaijani Bar System
Publishing date: 25 June 2004
BAKU, 25 June 2004- The implementation of newly adopted amendments to the Law on Advocates and ways of ensuring that judicial reforms bring sustainable results were the focus of a conference supported by the OSCE Office in Baku. The two-day event...
OSCE Mission calls for reform of domestic war crime procedures in Croatia
Publishing date: 22 June 2004
ZAGREB, 22 June 2004- The OSCE Mission to Croatia today issued two reports on war crime trials conducted in Croatian courts acknowledging recent improvements but concluding that additional reform is needed to provide for impartial domestic...
Foreign Minister of Serbia and Montenegro calls for dialogue, decentralisation in Kosovo
Publishing date: 18 June 2004
VIENNA, 18 June 2004- The Foreign Minister of Serbia and Montenegro, Vuk Draskovic, called for dialogue and decentralisation in Kosovo in an address to the OSCE Permanent Council on Friday. He also urged the international community to ensure that the...
Paris meeting begins with calls on OSCE participating States to act against hate speech on the Internet
Publishing date: 16 June 2004
PARIS, 16 June 2004- A two-day international meeting has begun in Paris with several countries calling on the 55 States of the OSCE to take measures against hate speech and racist propaganda on the Internet. French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier...
OSCE Office in Baku launches project on human rights
Publishing date: 8 June 2004
BAKU, 8 June 2004- Rapid reaction to human rights violations and investigation of known cases in preliminary detention facilities in Azerbaijan will be the focus of a project jointly launched by the OSCE Office in Baku and the Ombudsman Institution...
First students graduate from OSCE Academy in Bishkek
Publishing date: 7 June 2004
BISHKEK, 7 June 2004- Twenty-five students from Central Asia and Europe received their certificates on Saturday after completing an 18-week postgraduate course at the OSCE Academy in Bishkek. They are the first major alumni to make up the junior...