News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE welcomes peaceful voting during referendum in Tajikistan, but notes shortcomings in electoral framework
Publishing date: 24 June 2003
DUSHANBE, 24 June 2003- The OSCE Centre in Dushanbe and the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today welcomed the calm and quiet atmosphere in which the voting for the constitutional referendum on 22 June took place...
OSCE meeting promotes co-operation on dealing with labor migration in Central Asia
Publishing date: 24 June 2003
ISSYK-KUL, Kyrgyzstan, 24 June 2003- Government representatives and high-ranking officials from four Central Asian states and the Russian Federation are meeting in Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan, today in an effort to improve co-operation in dealing with...
OSCE Envoy urges focus on dialogue and NGOs in Central Asia
Publishing date: 11 June 2003
VIENNA, 11 June 2003- Former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari, who is Personal Envoy of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office for Central Asia, on Wednesday stressed the importance of strengthening civil society and regional co-operation in helping...
Draft Tajik advertising law discussed at OSCE roundtable
Publishing date: 23 April 2003
DUSHANBE, 23 April 2003- Provisions of a draft Tajik law on advertising have been reviewed in an OSCE roundtable in the country's capital, Dushanbe. Hosted by the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe, the meeting discussed the draft law from the point of...
Head of OSCE Centre in Dushanbe welcomes new Tajik barristers' association
Publishing date: 31 March 2003
DUSHANBE, 31 March 2003- Ambassador Marc Gilbert, the Head of the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe, welcomed the establishment of a Tajik Barristers' Association that will promote lawyers' activity and help counterbalance other parts of the legal...
OSCE Chairman's Central Asia Envoy Ahtisaari encourages Tajikistan to pursue democratization
Publishing date: 25 March 2003
DUSHANBE, 25 March 2003- The Personal Envoy for Central Asia of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CiO), former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari, encouraged Tajikistan's President Emomali Rahmonov to continue with the valuable efforts...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office appoints former Finnish President Ahtisaari as personal envoy for Central Asia
Publishing date: 13 March 2003
THE HAGUE, 13 March 2003- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Netherlands Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, has appointed the former President of Finland, Martti Ahtisaari, as his personal envoy for the Central Asian region. This region consists...