Event Archive
February 2003
Conference
International Conference 'Strengthening Human Rights Guarantees of the Parties in Criminal Process'
focusing on promoting the adversarial character of criminal process in the light of the implementation of the Concept Paper on Legal Policy of the Republic of Kazakhstan; international standards and the experience of other countries in the…
Conference
Parliamentary Field Visit to Croatia
A delegation of parliamentarians from the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly will visit the OSCE Mission to Croatia
Conference
Observation of presidential election in Montenegro
TheOSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) will be observing the repeat presidential election in Montenegro/FRY.
Conference
Chairman-in-Office visits Moscow
OSCE Chairman-in-Office, the Netherlands Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, will hold talks about Russia's involvement with the OSCE in general, including a possible OSCE role in Chechnya.
January 2003
Conference
Regional meeting of OSCE missions on parliamentary support projects in Southeast Europe
The meeting is intended to be an opportunity for OSCE missions currently implementing parliamentary support projects to exchange programming ideas and methodologies and to compare resources and plan possible joint initiatives.
Conference
OSCE Troika meeting
The OSCE Troika (Foreign Ministers of Portugal, the Netherlands and Bulgaria) will meet with the Heads of OSCE Institutions and the President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly. A working meeting of OSCE Heads of Mission will also be held.
Conference
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly opens liaison office in Vienna
A reception marking the formal opening of the new OSCE Parliamentary Assembly liaison office in Vienna will be held at the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Office, Neustiftgasse 3, 2nd Floor, 1070 Vienna.
Conference
Incoming OSCE Chairman-in-Office addresses Permanent Council
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, The Netherlands Foreign Minister and incoming OSCE Chairman-in-Office, will address the Permanent Council on 13 January 2003.
Conference
"Dance against violence": a Netherlands-Austrian dance event for security in Europe.
On the occasion of the beginning of the Netherlands Chairmanship of the OSCE, the Vienna State Opera Ballet and the Dutch National Ballet will present scenes on the theme "Violence".
December 2002
Conference
Human Rights Film Festival in Rasht valley, Tajikistan
Following the Second international Human Rights Film Festival that was organized by the OSCE last October in Dushanbe, the aim of this festival is to bring attention to human rights issues in the remote Rasht valley.
Conference
Conference "Means and principles of improving the legislation of Tajikistan regulating activities of mass media".
The Conference will bring together leading Tajik and CIS specialists in the field of media legislation. It aims at opening a dialogue that should lead to a new draft media law discussed at the Parliament.
Conference
Regional ministerial forum on anti-trafficking in Albania
At this 3rd Regional Ministerial Forum, South-Eastern Europe Ministers of the Interior will declare their political will to grant temporary residence to victims of trafficking.
Conference
Round Table "Follow up on Recommendations on the Import and Storage of Radioactive Waste in Kazakhstan"
At the initiative of local NGO, the OSCE Centre in Almaty organized the Conference on "The Voice of Civil Society in the Discussion on Import of Radioactive Waste" on 19-20 October 2001. The Conference resulted in recommendations, drawn by…

Ministerial council
10th Ministerial Council
The Ministerial Council is the central decision-making and governing body of the OSCE. The meeting, held annually, provides the Foreign Ministers of the 57 OSCE participating States an opportunity to review and assess the Organization’s…
Ministerial council
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Bureau Meeting
In Conjunction with the OSCE Ministerial Council Meeting, 6-7 December 2002, the Bureau of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly will meet on 5 December 2002 in Porto.
Conference
Conference "Role of NGOs in Poverty Alleviation in the Regions of Kazakhstan"
The conference has to set up the dialogue between NOGs and a local administration on poverty eradication and to indicate the role of NGOs and administration structures in the process of combating poverty. Different topics such as business…