News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
UN Human Rights Commissioner stresses link between human rights and security
Publishing date: 19 July 2002
VIENNA, 19 July 2002- The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, said on Friday that the fight against terrorism must be fought in full conformity with international human rights standards...
OSCE/ODIHR opens large-scale Election Observation Mission in Skopje
Publishing date: 22 July 2002
WARSAW, 22 July 2002- The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened a large-scale, long-term Election Observation Mission to monitor the parliamentary elections in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia...
OSCE launches cantonal administration project in Sarajevo
Publishing date: 22 July 2002
SARAJEVO, 22 July 2002- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Sarajevo Canton, covering the introduction of a governance reform scheme...
OSCE Office in Yerevan presents special prize to an environmental journalist
Publishing date: 22 July 2002
YEREVAN, 22 July 2002- Arevhat Grigorian, a journalist working for the Armenian electronic weekly, Hetq, has been awarded the OSCE Office in Yerevan's annual prize for the best Armenian writer on environmental issues...
Joining in: Kosovo's minority voters raise their voices
Publishing date: 22 July 2002
PRISTINA, 22 July 2002- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo, in co-operation with the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), is conducting a three-month project to assist the non-Serb minorities of Kosovo to voice their concerns...
Registration of new Gorani party in Kosovo open for review
Publishing date: 23 July 2002
PRISTINA, 23 July 2002- The Gorani Citizens' Initiative (GIG) recently established as a political party by Ibisi Rustem in Kosovo has completed its registration requirements with the OSCE Mission in Kosovo's Political Party Registration Office...
Outgoing OSCE Head in Tirana holds last meeting with Friends of Albania Group
Publishing date: 24 July 2002
TIRANA, 24 July 2002- In his capacity as Chairman of the local Friends of Albania Group, Ambassador Geert-Hinrich Ahrens, Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, called together a session of the Group yesterday in Tirana's German Embassy...
Minister praises OSCE role in forthcoming Macedonian elections
Publishing date: 25 July 2002
VIENNA, 25 July 2002- The Foreign Minister of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Slobodan Casule, today praised the role of the OSCE and other partners from the international community in restoring confidence in democracy...
Kosovo newspaper Bota Sot to face new sanctions
Publishing date: 25 July 2002
PRISTINA, 25 July 2002- The newspaper Bota Sot is facing new sanctions after a decision taken by Kosovo's Media Hearing Board on Wednesday, 24 July, on a complaint originally brought forward by Xhavit Haliti, a Kosovo Assembly Presidency Member...
Southern Serbia municipal elections generally in line with international standards
Publishing date: 29 July 2002
BUJANOVAC, 29 July 2002- Yesterday's municipal elections in southern Serbia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, generally were conducted in accordance with OSCE commitments for democratic elections and Council of Europe standards...