News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Belarus- OSCE Group refutes newspaper accusation of involvement in intelligence operations
Publishing date: 5 September 2001
MINSK, 5 September 2001 (OSCE)- An article published in today\'s edition of the state-controlled newspaper, Sovietskaya Belorussiya, tries to implicate the OSCE\'s Advisory and Monitoring Group (AMG) in Belarus in intelligence operations.
Voter registration for Kosovo elections extended by two weeks
Publishing date: 6 September 2001
PRISTINA, 6 September 2001 (OSCE)- The deadline for registering to vote in the forthcoming elections for a Central Assembly in Kosovo has been extended by two weeks, until 22 September, 2001.
OSCE agrees to expand its mission in former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Publishing date: 6 September 2001
VIENNA, 6 September 2001 (OSCE)- The Permanent Council of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), has agreed today to an expansion of its Mission in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
OSCE Chairman-in-Office expresses concern over campaign against the OSCE Advisory and Monitoring Group in Belarus
Publishing date: 7 September 2001
BUCHAREST, 7 September 2001 (OSCE)- The Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe notes with concern the public campaign launched in Belarus against the OSCE...
OSCE conference on equal opportunities for Roma and Sinti
Publishing date: 7 September 2001
BUCHAREST, 6 September 2001 (OSCE)- Recognising the importance of the Roma and Sinti community, the Romanian Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Mircea Geoana, invited 300 delegates from all 55 OSCE participating States to share their experiences...
OSCE organizes training session on women's rights in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 7 September 2001
TASHKENT, 7 September 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE Centre in Tashkent, together with the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), will hold a training session on human rights report writing in Chatkal, near Tashkent.
OSCE Media Representative to hold discussions with journalists in Skopje
Publishing date: 10 September 2001
VIENNA, 10 September 2001 (OSCE)-- For 13 September 2001, Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, has invited journalists and editors for a one day conference on the tasks, the chances and the challenges of free journalism...
Belarus presidential election: statement of preliminary findings and conclusions
Publishing date: 10 September 2001
MINSK, 10 September 2001 (OSCE)-- The International Limited Election Observation Mission (ILEOM) for the September 2001 presidential election in Belarus has published today a statement of preliminary findings and conclusions...
Belarus elections fail to meet OSCE standards says the Organization's Chairman-in-Office
Publishing date: 10 September 2001
BUCHAREST, 10 September 2001 (OSCE)-- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, deplored that Belarus had failed to meet the OSCE standards in the conduct of the presidential elections held on 9 September 2001...
OSCE Centre in Almaty emphasizes importance of observing international legal standards
Publishing date: 10 September 2001
ALMATY, 10 September 2001 (OSCE)- The OSCE Centre in Almaty, in connection with the end of the trial of the former Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, Akezhan Kazhegeldin, emphasizes the importance of observing international standards...