News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE participating States decide the 2020 Human Dimension Implementation Meeting will not take place due to COVID-19
Publishing date: 11 September 2020
VIENNA/WARSAW, 11 September 2020 – OSCE participating States today unanimously decided that the OSCE’s annual Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) will exceptionally not take place in 2020, due to the unique, unprecedented and unpredictable circumstances caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The consensus decision, taken by the OSCE Permanent Council, does not establish any precedent for the organization of the HDIM in the future...
Improve transparency and institutions’ resilience in fight against corruption urge participants of 2020 OSCE Forum in Prague
Publishing date: 10 September 2020
PRAGUE, 10 September 2020 – “Corruption shrinks tax revenue, distorts markets, hampers trade and investment and deepens inequalities. Every time illegal private gain wins out against the public good, it weakens our social fabric. Our objective is nothing short of zero tolerance for corruption,” said Albania’s Acting Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of Albania Gent Cakaj, while opening the 2020 OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum today in Prague...
Press Statement of Special Representative Grau after the extraordinary Meeting of Trilateral Contact Group on 9 September 2020
Publishing date: 9 September 2020
KYIV, 9 September 2020 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), Ambassador Heidi Grau, made the following statement to the press after the extraordinary meeting of the TCG held through video conferencing:..
Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 8 September 2020
Publishing date: 9 September 2020
Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). The overall number of border crossings by persons decreased at both BCPs compared to the previous week...
Increasing resilience of the cyber/ICT environment requires fostering international co-operation, say participants at OSCE high-level conference
Publishing date: 8 September 2020
VIENNA, 8 September 2020 – International co-operation and multilateral approaches are needed to maintain resilience and stability of the cyber-ICT environment, concluded participants of the high-level conference of the OSCE Albanian Chairmanship that ended today in Vienna.
OSCE and UNECE join forces in enhancing cyber resilience of intelligent transport systems
Publishing date: 8 September 2020
The OSCE and the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) held a roundtable discussion on enhancing cyber resilience of intelligent transport systems for both private and public sectors on 8 September 2020 in Geneva...
OSCE and UNODC deliver online train-the-trainer course to enhance Uzbekistan’s capacities to investigate terrorist financing
Publishing date: 8 September 2020
The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department, in co-operation with the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, organized an online train-the-trainer course aimed at strengthening Uzbekistan’s capacity to investigate terrorist financing. The event was held on 7 and 8 September 2020.