News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE and UNDP expand co-operation in security and development
Publishing date: 9 October 2013
OSCE and UNDP signed a memorandum of understanding to increase their level of cooperation on the issues of security and cooperation
OSCE Secretary General and UN Secretary General discuss strengthening of regional organizations’ role in conflict prevention
Publishing date: 8 October 2013
Ways to strengthen the role of regional organizations and arrangements, such as OSCE, in the broader UN framework of conflict prevention, peaceful settlement of disputes and mediation were key topics of a meeting between OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in Budapest on 8 October 2013.
OSCE holds workshop in Uzbekistan to promote renewable energy in Central Asia
Publishing date: 3 October 2013
TASHKENT, 3 October 2013 – An OSCE-organized regional workshop on best practices in promoting renewable energy started today in Tashkent. Officials and civil society representatives from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan shared their experiences and discussed their daily work with experts from Georgia, Norway, Spain and Sweden...
OSCE/ODIHR presents annual death penalty report
Publishing date: 2 October 2013
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) presented its 2013 background paper on the death penalty in the OSCE area at the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw on 2 October 2013...
Ministers of OSCE Troika and Serbia met in New York to discuss key issues ahead of Kyiv Ministerial Council
Publishing date: 27 September 2013
On 26 September 2013 the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara, Vice-President and Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter, Tánaiste and Irish Foreign and Trade Minister Eamon Gilmore and Serbian Foreign Minister Ivan Mrkic met in New York as the OSCE Troika plus Serbia. They discussed the recent developments in the OSCE area ahead of the OSCE Ministerial Council scheduled for 5-6 December 2013 in Kyiv...
OSCE trains penitentiary staff on prisoners’ rights in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 27 September 2013
ASHGABAT, 27 September 2013 – Prison officials from across Turkmenistan discussed international legal standards for the treatment of prisoners at an OSCE-supported seminar that concluded in Ashgabat today...
OSCE Office trains Azerbaijani journalists on investigative reporting skills
Publishing date: 27 September 2013
As part of its investigative reporting skills training project for Azerbaijani journalists, the OSCE Office in Baku organized the third training course for journalists focusing on human trafficking and forced labour cases from 26 to 27 September 2013, in Guba city, north of Azerbaijan...