News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairman urges Eminent Persons group to be bold in drawing up vision for Organization's future
Publishing date: 17 February 2005
LJUBLJANA, 17 February 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, urged the new OSCE Panel of Eminent Persons on Thursday to be bold in drawing up a new vision for the future of the 55-nation security organization...
OSCE Centre in Tashkent promotes youth entrepreneurship
Publishing date: 17 February 2005
TASHKENT, 17 February 2005- The OSCE Centre in Tashkent today signed a co-operation agreement with the National Youth Social Movement KAMOLOT and its affiliated Youth Business School on implementation of a year-long joint project...
Role of Civil Society in Democratic Control of Armed Forces and Security Sector Reform in Serbia to be discussed
Publishing date: 17 February 2005
BELGRADE, 17 February 2005- A two-day discussion on the Role of Civil Society in Security Sector Reform and Democratic Control of Armed Forces, organized by the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro and the Centre for Civilian-Military Relations...
OSCE Chairman pledges support in improving electoral system in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 16 February 2005
TASHKENT, 16 February 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, pledged the Organization's support on Wednesday in improving the electoral system in Uzbekistan and assisting with economic reform.
OSCE Chairman urges Kazakhstan to press ahead with political reform
Publishing date: 15 February 2005
ASTANA, 15 February 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, encouraged the government of Kazakhstan on Tuesday to press ahead with political reform, especially in the areas of political pluralism...
OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission opened in Skopje
Publishing date: 14 February 2005
SKOPJE/WARSAW, 14 February 2005- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights has deployed an Election Observation Mission to monitor the 13 March local elections in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, in response to an...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office to visit Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 14 February 2005
LJUBLJANA, 14 February 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office Dimitrij Rupel will this week visit the Central Asian states of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. In the Kazakh capital Astana tomorrow morning, he will meet President Nursultan Nazarbazev, Foreign...