News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
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...
Croatia's decision to co-operate with ICTY welcomed by OSCE Chairman-in-Office
Publishing date: 13 July 2001
BUCHAREST, 13 July 2001 (OSCE)- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, welcomes the recent decision of the Croatian Government to co-operate with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)...
Out-of-Kosovo voter registration for Kosovo elections gets go-ahead
Publishing date: 16 July 2001
PRISTINA, 16 July 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo welcomes the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding that will allow the start of voter registration for the November Kosovo elections in Serbia proper...
Spokespersons training certificates handed out in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 17 July 2001
SARAJEVO, 17 July 2001 (OSCE)- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina and the United Nations Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina\'s International Police Task Force (UNMiBH/IPTF) today bestowed Certificates of Recognition...
OSCE organizes anti-torture roundtable in Armenia
Publishing date: 17 July 2001
YEREVAN, 17 July 2001 (OSCE)- Together with the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the OSCE organized on 13 and 14 July a roundtable in Yerevan, entitled \"Prevention and Prohibition of Torture, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment...
Successful conclusion of Article V negotiations finalize remaining component of Dayton/Paris Peace Accords
Publishing date: 18 July 2001
VIENNA, 18 July 2001 (OSCE)-- Today, twenty participating States reached consensus on a document, which finalizes the single remaining aspect of the Dayton Peace Accords. The consensus was reached on a Concluding Document of the Article V negotiations...
Series of regional seminars on freedom of the media started in Ukraine
Publishing date: 18 July 2001
KYIV, 18 July 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE Project Coordinator in Ukraine in co-operation with the Supreme Court of Ukraine (Training Center), the non-governmental organization Khartia-4, and IREX pro Media organized a seminar on...
Head of Croatia Mission meets authorities in Vukovar
Publishing date: 19 July 2001
VUKOVAR, 19 July 2001 (OSCE)- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Croatia, Bernard Poncet, met on 18 July with representatives of the newly elected county and local authorities in Vukovar to discuss a wide range of issues related to the OSCE mandate...
OSCE Croatia Mission Chief visits Danube region
Publishing date: 19 July 2001
OSIJEK, 19 July 2001 (OSCE)- Bernard Poncet, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Croatia, today met the newly prefect of the Osijek-Baranja county in Croatia\'s Danube region, and said that he was \"encouraged to see that the new authorities...