News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE seeks inclusive elections in Kosovo
Publishing date: 26 June 2001
PRISTINA, 26 June 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo wants to ensure that the upcoming Kosovo-wide elections will be inclusive. This means involving all Kosovo\'s ethnic groups and their political parties in the process...
Chairman-in-Office urges passing of election law in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 26 June 2001
BUCHAREST, 26 June 2001 (OSCE)- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, deplores the most recent failure of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Parliament to adopt the Election Law, an essential piece of legislation...
Meeting on trafficking in human beings held in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 26 June 2001
DUSHANBE, 26 June 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE Mission to Tajikistan co-organized on 21 June a working round table meeting on the combating of trafficking in human beings, which was attended by representatives of the Tajik authorities, the judiciary...
OSCE Parliamentarians visit Georgia to facilitate reconciliation in Abkhazia
Publishing date: 28 June 2001
COPENHAGEN, 28 June 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Ad Hoc Committee on Abkhazia, Georgia visited Georgia from 26 to 28 June to make a first assessment of the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict settlement process...
Provisional Election Commission reminds it has no mandate for further elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 28 June 2001
SARAJEVO, 28 June 2001 (OSCE)-- The Bosnia and Herzegovina Provisional Election Commission condemns the failure of the House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly to pass an election law, and reminds the elected leaders...
Van der Stoel appointed Personal Envoy of Chairman-in-Office
Publishing date: 29 June 2001
VIENNA, 29 June 2001 (OSCE)- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, has appointed Max van der Stoel as his Personal Envoy with the mandate \"to facilitate a dialogue and provide advice for a speedy solution...
Chairman-in-Office welcomes transfer of Milosevic to The Hague
Publishing date: 29 June 2001
BUCHAREST, 29 June 2001 (OSCE)- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, welcomes the transfer of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia...
Bosnia and Herzegovina adopts Stability Pact Charter for Media Freedom
Publishing date: 29 June 2001
SARAJEVO, 29 June 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia-Herzegovina welcomes the adoption of the Stability Pact Charter for Media Freedom by the country\'s Council of Ministers. The Council of Ministers also issued a statement...
Kosovo Election Commission extends deadline for coalitions
Publishing date: 29 June 2001
PRISTINA, 29 June 2001 (OSCE)-- The Central Election Commission in Kosovo has extended the deadline for political parties to form coalitions ahead of the province-wide elections on 17 November...
Authors from Belgrade, Zagreb, Sarajevo to meet in Tuzla, 4 July
Publishing date: 2 July 2001
VIENNA, 2 July 2001 (OSCE)-- At the invitation of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, the three founders of the initiative Gruppe 99 will meet in Tuzla on 4 July to lecture and take part in discussions...