The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The OSCE is the world's largest regional security organization whose 56 participating States span the geographical area from Vancouver to Vladivostok.
Press releases
OSCE media freedom representative asks new Russian President to address media freedom challenges
VIENNA, 7 May 2008 - Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, congratulated Dmitry Medvedev on assuming the Russian Presidency today, and asked him to undertake measures to improve the media freedom situation in his country...
Features
Mission helps improve participatory governance in Kosovo
With a series of workshops and guidebooks, the OSCE Mission in Kosovo is helping to address the main challenges municipal officials face, such as involving the public in decision-making.
Tackling corruption by changing attitudes in southern Serbia
A children's art competition supported by the OSCE Mission to Serbia is helping to tackle corruption by raising awareness of the problem among young people.
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports co-ordination mechanism to help trafficking victims
The adoption of new OSCE-supported guidelines on the proper treatment of trafficked persons will help the Government in Skopje to tackle the problem of identifying and assisting trafficking victims.
The winning entry of the 2008 OSCE photo contest - fishermen on the river Bol'shaya, near the town Oktiabrsky on the Kamchatka peninsula, August 2007. (Andrey Shapran)
ELECTION OBSERVATION MISSION: Limited observation of parliamentary elections in Serbia, 11 May 2008
PUBLICATION: ODIHR Annual Report 2007
PUBLICATION: OSCE Annual Report 2007
PUBLICATION: OSCE Magazine March-April 2008
Events calendar
SPMU-UNODC workshop on combating human trafficking and migrant smuggling in Central Asia
14 May 2008–15 May 2008
The 16th Economic and Environmental Forum - part two
19 May 2008–21 May 2008
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