News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE/ODIHR trains police commanders from Poland on human rights-based policing of peaceful assemblies
Publishing date: 29 October 2015
Human rights-compliant policing of peaceful assemblies was the focus of training for Polish officers, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Szczytno, Poland on 28 and 29 September 2015.
OSCE project on building capacity of Kyrgyz and Afghan customs officers concludes
Publishing date: 29 October 2015
BISHKEK, 29 October 2015 – A ceremony to mark the end of a three-year OSCE Centre in Bishkek project to build the technical capacity of Afghan and Kyrgyz customs officers took place at the premises of the Kyrgyz Customs’ Training Centre in Leninskoe village, 20 kilometres outside Bishkek. The project was implemented jointly with the State Customs Service under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic...
All Montenegrin municipalities signed Memorandum of Understanding committing to promote gender equality
Publishing date: 29 October 2015
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro and the Ministry for Human and Minority Rights signed on October 28 2015 a Memorandum of Understanding with Montenegrin municipalities of Žabljak, Šavnik and Plužine, aiming to strengthen the co-operation in the area of gender equality...
Press Release by the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group
Publishing date: 29 October 2015
BAKU, 29 October 2015 – The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Ambassadors Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, James Warlick of the United States of America, and Pierre Andrieu of France), together with the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, traveled to the region October 26-28. We met with the Presidents and Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan, as well as the de facto authorities of Nagorno-Karabakh...
We need to address the link between climate change and security, say participants at OSCE Security Days event
Publishing date: 28 October 2015
VIENNA, 28 October 2015 – There is an urgent need to deepen understanding of the security implications of climate change and to recognize the security benefits of climate change mitigation and adaption, said OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier today as he opened an OSCE Security Days event in Vienna devoted to the unprecedented impacts and unpredictable risks posed by this global challenge...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30hrs, 27 October 2015
Publishing date: 28 October 2015
The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the implementation of the Minsk agreements”, including the Addendum. Its monitoring was restricted by the parties and security considerations*. There was an increase in fighting around the area of Donetsk airport. Luhansk region remained relatively calm. The SMM observed civilians crossing the bridge in government-controlled Stanytsia Luhanska. An “LPR” “border guard” prevented the SMM from visiting the border zone...
Lessons learned from OSCE’s ‘Parents against Terrorism’ training project discussed in Dushanbe
Publishing date: 28 October 2015
DUSHANBE, 28 October 2015 – A roundtable discussion on the lessons learned from the ‘Parents against Terrorism’ training project was convened today in Dushanbe by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan, focusing on feedback from those involved in delivering the training since November 2014...