Organization for Security and Co-operation in EuropePress releases and media advisories
OSCE Special Representative encourages Portugal to continue its anti-trafficking efforts
LISBON, 30 November 2012 - The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, at the close of her visit to Portugal today, praised the government for giving priority to the fight against human trafficking...
Students discuss international human rights protection at OSCE-supported course in Turkmenistan
ASHGABAT, 30 November 2012 – Forty senior students of the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan attended an OSCE-supported course on the international protection of human rights that concluded in Ashgabat today...
Afghan and Tajik border guards complete patrol management course
DUSHANBE, 30 November 2012 – The OSCE Office in Tajikistan completed today a second joint border patrol course for Afghan and Tajik border officers as part of a series of training courses to enhance the capacity of Tajik border troops and Afghan border police to detect and interdict illegal cross-border movement...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports conference on role of political parties in electoral process
SKOPJE, 30 November 2012 – Raising awareness on the role of political parties in the electoral process is the aim of an OSCE-supported conference that started in Skopje today...
OSCE representative concerned over threat to media pluralism in Kazakhstan
VIENNA, 29 November 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, expressed concern today that legal proceedings initiated against several media outlets in Kazakhstan might severely undermine media pluralism in the country... ()
OSCE welcomes treaty to sustainably manage Dniestr/Nistru river basin
ROME, 29 November 2012 – Representatives of Moldova and Ukraine signed a treaty today in Rome on the sustainable management of the Dniestr/Nistru river basin. The agreement was facilitated by the Environment and Security Initiative (ENVSEC), a joint initiative of the OSCE, the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the United Nations Environment Programme...
OSCE facilitates discussion on preventing terrorist radicalization in Kyrgyzstan
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 29 November 2012 - An OSCE seminar on countering violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism concluded today in Osh in the south of Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE Centre holds expert meeting on administrative justice reform in Kazakhstan
ASTANA, 29 November 2012 - An OSCE-supported expert conference on the role of administrative law and justice in human rights protection was held in Astana today...
OSCE Gender Adviser, in Portugal, stresses need to uphold women's rights in economic crisis
LISBON, 28 November 2012 - The OSCE Senior Adviser on Gender Issues, Miroslava Beham, concluding today a two-day visit to Portugal, stressed that special attention must be paid to women’s rights in times of austerity...