The OSCE promotes the International Civil Aviation Organization’s Public Key Directory, a multilateral exchange tool to validate the authenticity of electronic security features stored in biometric passports.

OSCE-supported workshop in Armenia focuses on use of biometric passports to curb the movement of terrorists

YEREVAN, 22 May 2013 – Participants at a workshop in Yerevan today discussed ways to prevent terrorists and other criminals from crossing borders with forged travel documents...

OSCE reacts to inaccurate reports about detained personnel

VIENNA, 22 May 2013 – A number of inaccuracies have been reported in the media with regard to alleged detention of OSCE personnel in Moldova/Transdniestria. No OSCE staff members have been detained. The OSCE Mission continues to operate in accordance with its mandate on both sides of the Dniester/Nistru River.
Ukraine's First Deputy Minister of Education and Science, Yevhen Sulima, speaking at the opening of a high-level OSCE conference on tolerance and non-discrimination in Tirana, Albania, 21 May 2013.

High-level OSCE conference in Tirana calls for comprehensive approach to combating intolerance and discrimination

TIRANA, 21 May 2013 – A comprehensive approach, including education to promote mutual respect and understanding, is necessary to combat intolerance and discrimination, including hate crime, participants said today at the opening of a two-day OSCE conference in Tirana...
Destroying recovered small arms and light weapons is an area where OSCE is active. A storage and destruction facility was opened by the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe, 22 June 2006.

Tracing illicit small arms and light weapons to be discussed at OSCE-supported meeting in Vienna

VIENNA, 21 May 2013 – Ways to trace illicit small arms and light weapons, existing legal framework and practical approaches will be in focus of an OSCE-supported conference to take place from 23 to 24 May in Vienna...

Press Release by the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group and the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan

KRAKOW, Poland, 17 May 2013 - The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Ambassadors Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Jacques Faure of France, and Ian Kelly of the United States of America) met today with the Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan, Elmar Mammadyarov, and the Foreign Minister of Armenia, Edward Nalbandian. The Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, also participated in the meetings...
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Security begins...

Still from OSCE animation "Security begins..."
"Security begins..." is a short animated film by the OSCE exploring what 'security' can mean. Now with Russian, French and Armenian versions.

20 years of conflict prevention

A still from the documentary film "Georgia: one State, many languages" produced by the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities.
The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities institution recently marked its 20th anniversary by both celebrating past achievements and looking ahead.