News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE held human rights session for Kosovo's ministers
Publishing date: 8 May 2002
PRISTINA, 8 May 2002- An orientation session for ministers of Kosovo's provisional government focused on the importance of human rights in the decision-making process. The session, organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo...
OSCE Mission congratulates police service members on Day of Macedonian Police
Publishing date: 8 May 2002
SKOPJE, 7 May 2002- The OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje congratulates the members of the Macedonian police service on the occasion of the Day of Macedonian Police today. The OSCE Mission has worked very closely with the country's...
High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina urges OSCE to give more support to return process
Publishing date: 9 May 2002
VIENNA, 9 May 2002- In his last address as High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Wolfgang Petritsch urged the OSCE Delegations today to lobby their governments for support for the process of return of refugees and displaced...
OSCE/ODIHR welcomes abolishment of language requirements in Latvian election law
Publishing date: 10 May 2002
WARSAW, 10 MAY 2002- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) welcomes yesterday's decision by the Latvian Parliament to abolish provisions in the election law requiring Latvian...
Seminar in Georgia focuses on human rights monitoring and reporting
Publishing date: 10 May 2002
TBILISI, 10 May 2002- International human rights law and monitoring techniques will be the focus of a series of training seminars that started today in the Georgian capital Tbilisi. The training seminars are initiated by the OSCE's...
Recent parliamentary elections bring Ukraine closer to international standards
Publishing date: 13 May 2002
KYIV, 13 May 2002- The 31 March parliamentary elections brought Ukraine closer to meeting international commitments and standards for democratic elections, concluded the International Election Observation Mission (IEOM)...
OSCE welcomes agreement on new laws under Ohrid Agreement
Publishing date: 13 May 2002
SKOPJE, 13 May 2002- The OSCE Mission notes with great satisfaction the agreement reached on Saturday on the texts of 16 very important laws mentioned in the Ohrid Agreement. As agreed by the parties, the laws...
Personal representatives of Armenian and Azeri Presidents hold Nagorno-Karabakh talks in Prague
Publishing date: 14 May 2002
PRAGUE, 14 May 2002- Personal Representatives of the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan are meeting at Stirin, outside Prague, under the Chairmanship of the OSCE Minsk Group. The meeting...
Multi-ethnic media agency to open in former Macedonian crisis area
Publishing date: 14 May 2002
SKOPJE, 14 May 2002- The OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje welcomes the official opening this week of a multi-ethnic media project in Tetovo, a city of 70,000 people located in a former crisis area in the...
Personal representatives of Armenian and Azeri Presidents held Nagorno-Karabakh talks in Prague
Publishing date: 15 May 2002
PRAGUE, 15 May 2002- On the instructions of Presidents Robert Kocharian of Armenia and Heydar Aliyev of Azerbaijan, their personal representatives, Deputy Foreign Minister Tatoul Markarian of Armenia and Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov...