Organization for Security and Co-operation in EuropePress releases and media advisories
Media accreditation for Dublin OSCE Ministerial Council to end on Friday
DUBLIN, 12 November 2012 – Media accreditation to cover the 19th OSCE Ministerial Council taking place on 6 and 7 December in Dublin, will end on Friday, 16 November 2012...
OSCE Office presents study on establishing probation service in Armenia
YEREVAN, 12 November 2012 – Analysis of the current situation, international standards and good practices of OSCE participating States was in the focus of a study on introducing a probation service in Armenia presented today in Yerevan... ()
Strong rule of law best way to prevent terrorism, say participants at OSCE conference
VIENNA, 12 November 2012 – Strengthening institutions that uphold the rule of law as a way to effectively prevent terrorism and radicalization that leads to terrorism is the focus of an OSCE conference that started in Vienna today...
OSCE seminar discusses interagency co-operation in fighting illicit drugs in Turkmenistan
ASHGABAT, 9 November 2012 – Representatives from Turkmenistan’s law-enforcement agencies discussed mechanisms for effective interagency co-operation to fight illicit drugs, at an OSCE-supported working seminar that concluded in Ashgabat today... ()
OSCE supports environmental conference on Black Sea region in Tiraspol
TIRASPOL, 9 November 2012 – A two-day international conference on environmental challenges in the Northern Black Sea region started today in Tiraspol. The conference is organized by Transdniestrian regional authorities, academic institutions and NGOs, with the support of the OSCE Mission to Moldova... ()
Statement of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs
VIENNA, 9 November 2012 - The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Ambassadors Robert Bradtke of the United States, Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, and Jacques Faure of France) and the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, presented their annual reports to the OSCE Permanent Council on November 8 in Vienna...
OSCE media freedom representative, in Baku, highlights to authorities need for safe media environment, visits journalists in detention
BAKU, 9 November 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today discussed media freedom issues with high-ranking officials and media as part of her official visit to Azerbaijan, during which she also visited journalists in detention... ()
OSCE presents recommendations for central civil and voter registry in Tajikistan
DUSHANBE, 8 November 2012 –The OSCE Office in Tajikistan today presented members of the Central Commission for Elections and Referenda (CCER) and representatives of the Interior and Justice Ministries, political parties, civil society and international organizations with the conclusions of an assessment on establishing a modern voter and civil registry in Tajikistan... ()
OSCE meeting addresses challenges and good practices on freedoms of peaceful assembly and association
VIENNA, 8 November – Governments should welcome new technologies as an important means to facilitate, protect and promote the fundamental rights to peaceful assembly and association, civil society participants said at the Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting, which opened today in Vienna...