News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE event in Turkmenistan discusses strategic trade controls and non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction
Publishing date: 29 September 2015
ASHGABAT, 29 September 2015 – Strategic trade controls and national action plans to implement United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 on the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) were discussed at a two-day OSCE-supported workshop that concluded today in Ashgabat...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports review process of Ohrid Framework Agreement
Publishing date: 29 September 2015
SKOPJE, 29 September 2015 – Evaluating the role of the Ohrid Framework Agreement (OFA) in enhancing social cohesion is the aim of the OSCE-supported review process discussed in Skopje today, focusing on anti-discrimination, de-centralization, education, equitable representation, the use of languages and numerically smaller communities...
OSCE Representative encourages South Caucasus Media Conference participants to use digitalization to advance media freedom
Publishing date: 29 September 2015
TBILISI, 29 September 2015 – Digitalization creates opportunities to strengthen media freedom and pluralism, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović said today at the opening of the 12th OSCE South Caucasus Media Conference in Tbilisi, Georgia...
OSCE participating States should implement ODIHR / Venice Commission guidelines on religious or belief communities, say participants at OSCE/ODIHR event
Publishing date: 29 September 2015
The negative effects of obstacles to accessing legal personality for religious or belief communities, both at the legislative and practical levels, were the focus of an event organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) at the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw on 29 September 2015.
Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 29 September 2015
Publishing date: 29 September 2015
Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). The overall cross-border traffic increased at both BCPs. A thirty-eighth Russian Convoy crossed the Donetsk BCP...
OSCE Mission to Moldova-supported jazz workshop and concerts build cultural bridges across the Dniester/Nistru River
Publishing date: 29 September 2015
The OSCE Mission to Moldova supported three concerts and one workshop within the 14th Ethno Jazz Festival, one of the largest cultural events in Moldova, which took place in Chisinau, Teleneşti and Tiraspol between 23 and 27 September 2015. The Mission’s involvement was aimed at building cultural bridges and enhancing intercultural dialogue between people on both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River...
Regional organizations central to global efforts in countering violent extremism, says OSCE Secretary General
Publishing date: 29 September 2015
NEW YORK CITY, 29 September 2015 “Regional and sub-regional organizations have a key role to play in global efforts to counter violent extremism”, says OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier...