News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE submits plan to dispose of 40,000 tons of Russian munitions in Moldova
Publishing date: 4 October 2001
VIENNA, 4 October 2001 (OSCE)- In Moldova, the OSCE has embarked on a project to dispose of the single largest munitions and weapons stockpile left behind by the Soviet army, in total more than 40,000 tons of material...
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia- conditions not in place for deployment of international monitors
Publishing date: 4 October 2001
VIENNA, 4 October 2001- \"I urge President Trajkovski to undertake steps to get back into the sequence of measures agreed, both political and security-related, and would like to strongly encourage all parties to stick to the agreement reached in Ohrid...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office fully supports military strikes on Afghanistan
Publishing date: 8 October 2001
VIENNA, 8 October 2001 (OSCE)- The Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, fully supports the targeted strikes launched yesterday...
OSCE to brief press on Kosovo election challenge and confirmation period
Publishing date: 8 October 2001
PRISTINA, 8 October 2001 (OSCE)-- The next step in the OSCE Mission to Kosovo\'s programme to update the voters\' list for the forthcoming elections on 17 November gets underway today and will run through 17 October...
OSCE holds conflict prevention conference in Kyiv
Publishing date: 8 October 2001
KYIV, 8 October 2001 (OSCE)- Conflict prevention functions of the OSCE and its partner organizations are on top of the agenda of an OSCE seminar, which takes place on 8 and 9 October in Kyiv, Ukraine...
OSCE welcomes funding for election projects in Kosovo
Publishing date: 8 October 2001
PRISTINA, 8 October 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo has welcomed the generous donation to election development from the European Agency for Reconstruction...
OSCE holds training seminars for Kosovo election candidates
Publishing date: 9 October 2001
PRISTINA, 9 October 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE is holding a series of seminars, beginning today, for candidates in the Kosovo Assembly election..
Ukrainian judges study model administrative courts in Germany
Publishing date: 10 October 2001
KYIV, 10 October 2001 (OSCE)-- In the framework of the project on "Model Administrative Courts", the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine together with the German Foundation for Legal Cooperation organized a training course for Ukrainian judges...
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Standing Committee issues declaration on the fight against terrorism
Publishing date: 10 October 2001
COPENHAGEN, 10 October 2001 (OSCE)-- During a meeting in Sintra, Portugal on 9 October, OSCE parliamentary leaders adopted a declaration entitled "Security through Solidarity", expressing outrage over the criminal and unjustifiable terrorist attacks...
55 OSCE participating States in support of U.S.-led actions against terrorism
Publishing date: 11 October 2001
VIENNA, 11 October 2001 (OSCE)-- The 55 participating States of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) today adopted unanimously a statement in support of the actions of the United States to counter terrorism...