News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Secretary General, in Kyiv, meets President, Foreign Minister of Ukraine
Publishing date: 11 June 2013
OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier visited Kyiv from 10 to 11 June 2013 where he met with President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych and OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara...
Participants at high-level OSCE conference in Kyiv call for stronger anti-trafficking action
Publishing date: 10 June 2013
KYIV, 10 June 2013 – Ways to strengthen the OSCE participating States’ response to human trafficking in terms of the prevention of the crime, prosecution of offenders and protection of victims are the focus of a high-level conference that started in Kyiv today...
Head of OSCE Mission to Moldova discussed decentralization, Roma rights in Soroca
Publishing date: 7 June 2013
The Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, Ambassador Jennifer Brush, travelled to the town of Soroca in the north of the country on 5 June 2013 to get acquainted with the situation of the region and discuss decentralization and Roma rights...
On World Environment Day, OSCE Chair calls for greater attention to safety of food and energy sources
Publishing date: 5 June 2013
KYIV, 5 June 2013 – On the occasion of World Environment Day, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara, calls for greater attention to the safety of food and energy sources. This year, World Environment Day runs under the umbrella of the ‘Think.Eat.Save.’ campaign, which encourages people to stop wasting food and help keep the world’s natural resources safe...
OSCE and Armenian police organize discussion on public order management in Yerevan
Publishing date: 4 June 2013
Some 30 police officers, civil society members and international community representatives met on 4 June 2013 in Yerevan to talk about ways how to reform Armenia’s public order management, in particular in the area of street patrolling and policing of public events...
OSCE media freedom representative calls on Turkish police to respect journalists’ rights when covering demonstrations
Publishing date: 1 June 2013
VIENNA, 1 June 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today expressed concern over police treatment of the media covering the ongoing demonstrations in Istanbul...
The 34th IPRM takes place in Ergneti
Publishing date: 31 May 2013
On 31 May the 34th meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) took place in Ergneti, co-facilitated by Ambassador Andrzej Tyszkiewicz (EUMM) and Ambassador Andrii Deshchytsia (OSCE). Participants expressed concern about increasing fencing activities and the high number of detentions in areas adjacent to South Ossetia...