News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE educates schoolchildren about threats of unsafe military ammunition ahead of autumn vacations in Ukraine
Publishing date: 28 October 2013
As schoolchildren in Ukraine prepare to start their autumn vacations on 28 October 2013, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU) helped the State Emergency Service of Ukraine to conduct awareness-raising lessons on the dangers of unsafe military ammunition...
Fundamental freedoms respected in well-administered presidential election in Georgia, international observers say
Publishing date: 28 October 2013
TBILISI, 28 October 2013 – The 27 October presidential election in Georgia was efficiently administered, transparent and took place in an amicable and constructive environment, the international observers concluded in a preliminary statement released today. Fundamental freedoms of expression, movement and assembly were respected, and candidates were able to campaign without restriction...
OSCE conference highlights women’s role in building stability and prosperity in Mediterranean region
Publishing date: 28 October 2013
Ways to enhance women’s participation in public, political and economic life come under the spotlight at the OSCE Mediterranean Conference in Monaco on 28 October 2013...
OSCE parliamentarian regrets human impact of barbwire obstacles along administrative boundary lines in Georgia
Publishing date: 26 October 2013
TBILISI, 26 October 2013 (Georgian and Spanish versions below.) – Ignacio Sanchez Amor, Special Representative of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly on Border Co-operation, today visited the administrative boundary lines in Georgia separating the region of South Ossetia. Following his visits to the villages of Ditsi and Didi Khurvaleti in the region of Gori, the Special Representative expressed deep regret regarding the establishment of physical obstacles along the administrative borders between the territory under Georgian control and the regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
ODIHR supports strengthening regional co-operation among anti-trafficking lawyers
Publishing date: 24 October 2013
Lawyers and legal practitioners from six countries gathered to share good practices in providing accessible and effective legal assistance to trafficked persons, during a regional seminar organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Istanbul on 23 and 24 October 2013...
Political leadership needed to tackle current tensions, Council of Europe Secretary General tells OSCE Permanent Council
Publishing date: 24 October 2013
Europe needs political leadership and better law making and enforcement if it is to solve current problems, Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjrn Jagland told the OSCE Permanent Council on 24 October 2013...
Bureau of OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s human rights committee speaks in Vienna
Publishing date: 23 October 2013
COPENHAGEN, 23 October 2013 – Members of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions Isabel Santos (Chair), Mehmet Sevki Kulkuloglu (Vice Chair), and Gordana Comic (Rapporteur), spoke Tuesday at the Human Dimension Committee in Vienna. The three parliamentarians were there to present to the OSCE governmental side the work of the OSCE PA on a range of human dimension issues.