A meeting held by the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation brought together experts and officials from 56 OSCE participating States as well as from international organizations and non-governmental organizations to review the OSCE Plan of Action on SALW on 22 and 23 May 2012 in Vienna.

OSCE reviews plan of action to control small arms and light weapons

VIENNA, 23 May 2012 – The 56 OSCE participating States and 12 Partners for Co-operation today concluded a review of the OSCE Plan of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons that aims to counter the spread and accumulation of illicit SALW...
A voter has her finger sprayed at a polling station in Rakovica, Belgrade, during the second round of the early presidential election in Serbia, 20 May 2012.

Serbian presidential election open and highly competitive, institutions need to be more responsive

BELGRADE, 21 May 2012 – The second round of Serbia’s early presidential elections on 20 May 2012 maintained the open, highly competitive character of the first round, but provided further indications that efforts are needed to enhance the integrity of the electoral process, international observers said in a statement today...
A voter in Gracanica/Graçanicë casts his ballot in the OSCE balloting facilitation exercise for the second round of the Serbian presidential election, 20 May 2012.

OSCE welcomes peaceful voting in Kosovo for Serbian election

DUBLIN / VIENNA, 21 May 2012 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ireland’s Deputy Prime Minister Eamon Gilmore, today welcomed the peaceful and orderly voting in Kosovo for the second round of the Serbian presidential election of 20 May...
Voters names are checked against the voters list at an OSCE-run polling station in Zvečan/Zveçan, 20 May 2012.

OSCE Mission in Kosovo reports orderly completion of voting

PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 20 May 2012 – All OSCE-run polling stations in Kosovo closed today after the orderly completion of voting, according to the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Werner Almhofer. The reported provisional turnout was 23.58 per cent...
File photo: Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Vienna, 20 June 2011.

Immigration regulations and law enforcement action in OSCE area should consider the wellbeing and social inclusion of trafficked persons, says OSCE Special Representative

HAIFA, Israel, 20 May 2012 – Speaking today at an international workshop on human trafficking in Israel, the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, underlined that victims of trafficking are subjected to multiple violations of human rights...
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Slideshow: teaching safe borders

One of the border facilities in Tajikistan visited by students of the OSCE Management Staff College.
The OSCE Border Management Staff College, based in Dushanbe, provides training to senior border management officials, based on OSCE expertise.

OSCE Annual Report 2011

Cover of the OSCE Secretary General's 2011 Annual Report
The OSCE Annual Report provides an overview of the Organization's activities in its field operations and institutions, and co-operation with other organizations.

The Community Security Initiative

A CSI team meets with police officers at the LCPC-1 police station, Kyzyl-Kiya, 15 March 2012.
The CSI was established to support Kyrgyzstan’s police in addressing the country’s security situation following the 2010 strife in the nation’s south.