News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Office hosts regional anti-trafficking consultations in northern Tajikistan
Publishing date: 13 April 2011
KHUJAND, Tajikistan, 13 April 2011 – Two days of consultations among national and regional government authorities, civil society and international organizations on how to combat human trafficking in northern Tajikistan concluded today in Khujand...
Resolution of protracted conflicts crucial for OSCE, Lithuanian President says
Publishing date: 13 April 2011
VIENNA, 13 April 2011 – Protracted conflicts are of key importance to the OSCE, and efforts to resolve them are crucial to unity among the Organization’s 56 participating States, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite told the OSCE Permanent Council today...
OSCE Office organizes discussion on property rights in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 8 April 2011
BAKU, 9 April 2011 – An OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on property rights in Azerbaijan opened today in Baku...
OSCE and Tajik Interior Ministry sign memorandum of understanding on police reform
Publishing date: 8 April 2011
DUSHANBE, 8 April 2011 – Ambassador Ivar Vikki, the Head of the OSCE Office in Tajikistan, and Interior Minister Abdurahim Kaharov signed a memorandum of understanding on police reform in Dushanbe today...
On International Roma Day, OSCE rights office says better census data needed to aid Roma integration
Publishing date: 8 April 2011
WARSAW, 8 April 2011 – On the occasion of International Roma Day, the head of the Contact Point on Roma and Sinti Issues of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Andrzej Mirga, today called on OSCE States to make use of censuses as a way to improve data on Europe’s Roma...
OSCE Mission to Skopje calls for improving situation of Roma
Publishing date: 8 April 2011
SKOPJE, 8 April 2011 – The OSCE Mission to Skopje today marked International Roma Day by urging institutions to improve the situation of Roma in the country by implementing the recommendations contained in the OSCE Action Plan for Improving the Situation of Roma and Sinti in the OSCE Area...
UN Secretary General, OSCE Chairperson discuss international community’s engagement with Egypt and Tunisia
Publishing date: 5 April 2011
VILNIUS, 5 April 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, and the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, today discussed support the international community can provide to Egypt and Tunisia...