News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE supports modernization of higher education in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 20 November 2020
Enhancing digital learning at university was the topic of an OSCE-organized online course that took place on 19 and 20 November 2020...
OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan launches series of online seminars on gender equality and human rights in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 20 November 2020
An OSCE-supported seminar on introduction to gender perspectives and women’s human rights, organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan, concluded on 20 November 2020...
OSCE supports contest on promoting green organizations in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 20 November 2020
The OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan supported a contest on promoting “green” organizations that took place on 20 November 2020 in Nur-Sultan...
Unhindered access to, and free flow of, information remain essential during public health emergencies, concludes South Caucasus Media Conference
Publishing date: 19 November 2020
VIENNA, 19 November 2020 – The promotion of freedom of information during health crises and the state of media freedom in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia were the focus of the two-day 17th OSCE South Caucasus Media Conference, which concluded today...
OSCE organizes lectures for future diplomats in Turkmenistan ahead of 25th anniversary of the country’s permanent neutrality
Publishing date: 19 November 2020
The OSCE Centre in Ashgabat organized an event to mark the 25th anniversary of permanent neutrality status gained by Turkmenistan back in 1995. The first in a series of OSCE-organized online lectures for university students in Turkmenistan took place from 18 to 20 November 2020.
An OSCE-supported seminar discusses international standards in the protection of the rights of persons with disabilities
Publishing date: 18 November 2020
The importance of the inclusion of persons with disabilities within society was focus of an online event held on 17 November 2020. The OSCE in Uzbekistan, in co-operation with the Association of Disabled People of Uzbekistan, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and several international experts on the field of rights of persons with disabilities organized the seminar...
Political actors in Georgia should resolve deadlock and participate in the work of the new parliament, OSCE PA leaders say
Publishing date: 17 November 2020
COPENHAGEN, 17 November 2020 – Amidst demands by the opposition for repeat parliamentary elections in Georgia and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s visit to the South Caucasus country today, the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s political and security Chair and the leaders of the OSCE’s recent election observation mission reiterated that political deadlock must be overcome in order to ensure that the voters’ will is respected...