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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Ensuring the right to freedom of religion or belief vital to ensuring security and stability, say participants at OSCE meeting
Publishing date: 2 July 2015
VIENNA, 2 July 2015 – Work by states, both in national policies and in co-operation with a range of actors at the national and international levels, including religious and belief communities, to ensure the freedom of religion or belief is vital to ensuring security and stability, participants said today at the opening of a two-day OSCE meeting in Vienna.
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 19:30 (Kyiv time), 1 July 2015
Publishing date: 2 July 2015
The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the implementation of the Minsk agreements”. Its monitoring was restricted by third parties and security considerations*. The fighting at and around Donetsk airport continued with increased intensity. The SMM revisited a number of Ukrainian Armed Forces, “DPR” and “LPR” heavy weapons holding areas.
OSCE-supported training of new Ukrainian patrol police
Publishing date: 2 July 2015
KYIV, 2 July 2015- A graduation ceremony of new Kyiv patrol police officers trained with the support of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator (PCU) in Ukraine was held today...
OSCE promotes water governance in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 2 July 2015
ASTANA, Kazakhstan, 2 July 2015 – An OSCE-supported high-level National Preparatory Meeting to the 23rd Economic and Environmental Forum on Water Governance took place today in Astana, Kazakhstan...
OSCE roundtable in Turkmenistan discusses rights and duties of editorial offices and journalists
Publishing date: 2 July 2015
ASHGABAT, 2 July 2015 – Journalists from national print, and broadcast media as well as members of the Turkmen parliament, Mejlis, and representatives of relevant state institutions and educational establishments participated in an OSCE-organized roundtable discussion on freedom of journalistic profession that concluded in Ashgabat today...
OSCE Mission to Moldova trains young people on debate techniques
Publishing date: 2 July 2015
The OSCE Mission to Moldova held a three-day training event on debate techniques for 40 high school students from Bender, Cahul, Ceadîr-Lunga, Comrat, Taraclia, Tiraspol and Vulcănești on 26-28 June 2015. The training was held at Vadul-lui-Vodă, a town by the Dniester/Nistru River...
Dialogue, trust and security are watchwords for 2016 Germany’s OSCE Chairmanship, Foreign Minister Steinmeier tells OSCE Permanent Council
Publishing date: 2 July 2015
VIENNA, 2 July 2015 – Germany is ready to take on the responsibility of steering the OSCE against the background of one of the most serious crises since the end of the Cold War, with a vision for its 2016 Chairmanship based on dialogue, trust and security, the country’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier told the OSCE’s Permanent Council in Vienna today...