News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairman welcomes pledges of 670,000 Euro for police assistance programme in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 16 June 2005
VIENNA, 16 June 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, today welcomed pledges by four OSCE participating States to provide rapid support for the Organization's police assistance programme in Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE Special Representative calls for strengthening international co-operation to fight human trafficking
Publishing date: 16 June 2005
BANGKOK, 16 June 2005- Strengthening co-operation between countries of origin and countries of destination is crucial in the fight against human trafficking, said OSCE Special Representative Helga Konrad...
OSCE media watchdog issues report on work of media during Andijan crisis in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 15 June 2005
VIENNA, 15 June 2005- The coverage of the events and the Government's handling of the press during the Andijan crisis in Uzbekistan last May are the subject of a report issued today by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media. It provides...
OSCE hosts three-country conference on judicial co-operation in war crimes proceedings
Publishing date: 8 June 2005
VELIKI BRIJUNI, 8 June 2005- The OSCE on Wednesday hosted a conference of justice ministers from Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia and Montenegro on inter-state judicial co-operation in war crimes proceedings. Ministers identified...
OSCE media watchdog says new Italian legislation insufficient to curb media concentration
Publishing date: 7 June 2005
VIENNA, 7 June 2005- OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media said on Tuesday that new Italian media legislation introduced in 2004 had not significantly altered the unusually high concentration of ownership in the country's television industry...
OSCE police assistance programme helps organize Police Day in Bishkek
Publishing date: 6 June 2005
BISHKEK, 6 June 2005- Raising awareness of police activities and developing a closer relationship with the public were the aims of a Police Open Day in Bishkek, organized on Saturday by the OSCE Police Assistance Programme...
OSCE helps Kazakhstan to secure surplus small arms, light weapons and conventional ammunition
Publishing date: 3 June 2005
ALMATY, 3 June 2005- International experts and Kazakhstani officials worked out a set of recommendations on secure storage and destruction of small arms and light weapons and conventional ammunition for Kazakhstan's government during a two-day OSCE...