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 Chairman welcomes appointment of new head of Organization's human rights body
HELSINKI, 15 May 2008 - The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb, welcomed today the decision by the OSCE Ministerial Council to appoint Janez Lenarcic of Slovenia as the head of the Organization's human rights body...
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: Observation of parliamentary elections in Georgia, 21 May 2008
Events calendar
The 16th Economic and Environmental Forum - part two
19 May 2008–21 May 2008
Child trafficking: responses and challenges at local level
26 May 2008–27 May 2008
Links
- PUBLICATION: OSCE Annual Report 2007
- PUBLICATION: ODIHR Annual Report 2007
- PUBLICATION: OSCE Magazine March-April 2008
- PUBLICATION: OSCE Handbook
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