News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Human Rights Day: ensuring democracy through fair elections and strong institutions
Publishing date: 10 December 2004
WARSAW, 10 December 2004- The Director of the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, Ambassador Christian Strohal, today stressed the essential importance of transparent, fair and democratic electoral processes within a...
OSCE Mission observes International Human Rights Day
Publishing date: 10 December 2004
PRISTINA, 10 December 2004- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo (OMiK) is observing International Human Rights Day by organizing several events today, which will be carried out by OSCE-established Human Rights Clubs. "The observance of...
Forum co-held by OSCE Skopje Mission supports better representation of women in politics
Publishing date: 10 December 2004
SKOPJE, 10 December 2004- Increasing the participation of women in politics is the focus of a forum that opened today in Skopje, jointly organized by the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje. The forum marks the completion of the...
OSCE Mission issues statement condemning violent images in Serbian media
Publishing date: 10 December 2004
BELGRADE, 10 December 2004- Faced with the increased number of front pages and news broadcasts featuring explicit images of victims of crime and of all forms of violence, the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro calls on all professional and...
OSCE Office sponsors computer system to enhance police effectiveness in Baku
Publishing date: 10 December 2004
BAKU, 10 December 2004- A new computer system which allows district police departments to build a common database of violations, accidents and crimes, started working today in Baku. Created with the help of the OSCE Office...
OSCE Office presents study on development of Armenia's remote Syunik province
Publishing date: 10 December 2004
KAPAN, ARMENIA, 10 December 2004- The OSCE Office in Yerevan yesterday released the report of a year-long study of the social-economic development of Armenia's most remote province, Syunik. The paper was...
OSCE Office awards journalists for reporting on environmental issues in Armenia
Publishing date: 10 December 2004
YEREVAN, 10 December 2004- Eleven journalists from different regions of Armenia were today awarded prizes for their reporting on environmental issues in a competition run by the OSCE Office in Yerevan. The competition, for TV and...