News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
New minority commissioner takes up post
Publishing date: 2 July 2001
THE HAGUE, 2 July 2001 (OSCE)-- Rolf Ekeus today took up the post of OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities. His mandate is to provide \'early warning\' and, as appropriate, \'early action\' at the earliest possible stage...
Kosovo Law Centre sponsors seminar on human rights and legal protection
Publishing date: 2 July 2001
PRISTINA, 2 July 2001 (OSCE)-- The Kosovo Law Centre, in co-operation with the Finnish Human Rights Project, is holding a seminar on human rights and legal protection in post-conflict Kosovo. The seminar will bring together the Kosovo...
Bosnia and Herzegovina: transfer of Karadzic and Mladic "obligatory under international law"
Publishing date: 2 July 2001
SARAJEVO, 2 July 2001 (OSCE)- The transfer of indicted war criminals such as Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic is an obligation under international law and no separate entity law is required, said Robert Beecroft, Head of the OSCE Mission...
Reforms of Bosnia and Herzegovina entity budgets necessary
Publishing date: 3 July 2001
SARAJEVO, 3 July 2001 (OSCE)- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina and the High Representative express their deep concern about the state of public finances and the existing mechanisms of control...
Third phase of multi-ethnic police training in southern Serbia to begin 6 August
Publishing date: 6 July 2001
BELGRADE, 6 July 2001 (OSCE)-- The third phase of the multi-ethnic police training programme in southern Serbia will start on 6 August 2001. In the space of 12 months, 400 police officers will be trained and deployed...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office addresses 10th annual meeting of the Organization's Parliamentary Assembly
Publishing date: 6 July 2001
PARIS, 6 July 2001 (OSCE)- Addressing the 10th annual meeting of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (PA), the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Mircea Geoana, stressed that the ten years of activities of the PA reflected ten years of dramatic change in Europe...
Secretary General Kubis informs OSCE Parliamentarians about recent activities
Publishing date: 9 July 2001
PARIS, 9 July 2001 (OSCE)-- The range and scope of OSCE activities has grown dramatically over the past five years, stated Ambassador Jan Kubis, Secretary General of the Organization, in his address to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly...
OSCE Media Representative concerned about detention of Tajik journalist in Russia
Publishing date: 9 July 2001
VIENNA, 9 July 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, expressed his concern about the detention of the Tajik journalist Dododjon Atovulloyev at a Moscow airport a day earlier...
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...