Event Archive

OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Polish Foreign Minister Bronislaw Geremek, made a four-day trip to Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan between 23 and 26 November, which led to the agreement to open OSCE offices in Yerevan (Armenia) and Baku…

The fourth Human Dimension Implementation Meeting was shorter and more focused than previous ones, while attracting the highest number of participants so far - over 700, including a large number of NGO representatives.

The OSCE Permanent Council authorized the immediate deployment of the Kosovo Verification Mission (KVM), following a UN Security Council Resolution endorsing its establishment.

The Friends of Albania Group, initiated and co-chaired by the OSCE, held its inaugural meeting. It brought together countries and international organizations interested in providing financial support, technical assistance and other forms of…

The Permanent Council decided to open three new Centres in Central Asia to promote the implementation of OSCE principles and commitments, as well as the co-operation of Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan within the OSCE.

In a press statement on Latvia, High Commissioner Max van der Stoel restated his recommendations on changing the country's citizenship law.

Some 175 representatives from governments, the private sector and international and non-governmental organizations met in Paris at the joint OSCE-OECD conference on promoting transparency in government.

Secretary General from June 1999 until June 2005, Ambassador Jan Kubis of Slovakia became the second recipient of the OSCE Medal for outstanding service to the Organization.

Some 20 experts from participating States, government, the OSCE, as well as international and non-governmental organizations met at the two-day Seminar on the Interrelationship between Central and Regional Governments.

The UN Security Council passed Resolution 1145 on the withdrawal of the UN Transitional Authority (UNTAES) from Croatia, welcoming the key role of the OSCE and encouraging a smooth transfer of responsibility.

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…

From 12 to 28 November, over 400 participants took part in the third Human Dimension Implementation Meeting, which aimed to foster compliance of individual States with OSCE commitments by reviewing their human rights records.

The participating States approved mandates for both the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media and the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities.

Franz Vranitzky, Personal Representative of the Chairman-in-Office and the OSCE's main trouble-shooter in Albania, bade farewell to the country in a two-day visit.