Organization for Security and Co-operation in EuropePress releases and media advisories
Rule of law in promoting and protecting human rights focus of OSCE meeting in Vienna
VIENNA, 10 July 2013 – Representatives from the 57 OSCE participating States, civil society and international organizations will meet in Vienna tomorrow for a two-day conference on the rule of law as a cornerstone of human rights protection...
Afghan and Tajik customs officers learn about airport customs procedures in OSCE training course
DUSHANBE, 10 July 2013 – Fourteen senior and mid-level customs officers from Afghanistan and Tajikistan successfully completed a week-long training course on international airport customs procedures at the OSCE Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe today...
Special Representatives of Transdniestrian settlement process to visit Chisinau, Tiraspol
CHISINAU, 9 July 2013 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the Protracted Conflicts Ambassador Andrii Deshchytsia; Special Representative of the Russian Federation Ambassador at large Sergey Gubarev and Special Representative of the Ukrainian OSCE Chairmanship on Transdniestrian Settlement and Ambassador to Moldova Serhii Pirozhkov will visit Chisinau and Tiraspol starting 10 July... ()
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, on his visit to Azerbaijan, urges to re-double efforts towards peaceful resolution of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
BAKU, 8 July 2013 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara today discussed the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement and other OSCE-related issues with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliev, Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov and Chairman of the Milli Mejlis (Parliament) Ogtay Asadov...
New report sheds light on trafficking for organ removal in OSCE region
VIENNA, 9 July 2013 – A research paper on trafficking for the purpose of organ removal – one of the least addressed forms of trafficking in human beings – was published today by the OSCE...
OSCE media freedom representative condemns yet another journalist murder in Russia
VIENNA, 9 July 2013 - The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today condemned the murder of the journalist Akhmednabi Akhmednabiyev in Russia’s republic of Dagestan... ()
OSCE, partners launch project to fight climate change effects in Dniester/Nistru basin
CHISINAU, 10 July 2013 – Developing a climate-change adaptation strategy for the Dniester/Nistru basin and a joint response action plan for governments of Moldova and Ukraine are the focus of a new joint three-year project officially launched today at an event in Chisinau... ()
OSCE, UNECE project on climate change in Dniester/Nistru basin to be launched tomorrow
CHISINAU, 9 July 2013 – Developing a climate-change adaptation strategy for the Dniester/Nistru basin and a joint response action plan for governments of the Moldova and Ukraine are the focus of a new joint three-year project of the OSCE and the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) to be officially launched tomorrow in Chisinau... ()
OSCE media freedom representative asks Bulgarian authorities to ensure media are safe from assaults by high-profile politician
VIENNA, 8 July 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today expressed concern over the latest case of intimidation of journalists by parliamentarian and Ataka Party leader Volen Siderov, and asked the authorities to ensure that the media can work freely in Bulgaria...