News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office reaffirms commitment to Geneva International Discussions during visit to Georgia
Publishing date: 2 June 2015
TBILISI, 2 June 2015 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić visited Tbilisi today, where he met the President Giorgi Margvelashvili, the prime minister, Irakli Garibashvili, the minister of foreign affairs, Tamar Beruchashvili, as well as the speaker of parliament, Davit Usupashvili, and members of other political parties.
Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 10:00hrs (Moscow time), 02 June 2015
Publishing date: 2 June 2015
Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both BCPs. The overall cross-border traffic increased at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs).
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 19:30 (Kyiv time), 1 June 2015
Publishing date: 2 June 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 SMM observed continuing ceasefire violations in and around Donetsk airport; Luhansk region remained relatively calm. Due to current security concerns, the SMM did not visit Shyrokyne...
Osh city police and OSCE Centre in Bishkek mark International Children’s Day with awareness-raising event
Publishing date: 2 June 2015
To mark International Children’s Day, on 1 June 2015, The Osh city police, in co-operation with the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, organized an awareness-raising event for children and their parents called “My security”...
New forms of political participation should be inclusive of all groups of society, say OSCE/ODIHR youth seminar participants
Publishing date: 2 June 2015
Some 30 youth representatives and activists from South-East Europe discussed ways to promote the political participation of youth in the OSCE region, including through new mechanisms such as social media, at a seminar organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), in co-operation with the OSCE Mission to Serbia, and with the support of the Serbian OSCE Chairmanship-in-Office, in Belgrade on 2 June 2015.
OSCE-supported conference on tackling emerging transnational threats in Mediterranean region concludes in Monaco today
Publishing date: 2 June 2015
MONACO, 2 June 2015 – Importance of international dialogue and co-operation between the OSCE participating States and Mediterranean Partners in tacking emerging transnational threats in the Mediterranean region was the focus of the joint OSCE and Principality of Monaco two-day conference, which concluded today in Monaco...
National human rights institutions should support each other across borders, particularly in crisis situations, say participants at OSCE Seminar
Publishing date: 1 June 2015
WARSAW, 1 June 2015 – More than 100 representatives of governments, international organizations and civil society met to discuss the role of national human rights institutions in promoting and protecting individual human rights at the three-day OSCE Human Dimension Seminar, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in co-operation with the 2015 Serbian Chairmanship of the OSCE.