News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Ambassadors visit Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan to discuss transnational threats
Publishing date: 5 April 2011
A group of 17 OSCE Ambassadors arrived in Dushanbe on 4 April 2011 for a week-long trip to Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan to familiarize themselves with how the Organization addresses transnational threats in the region. They visited the OSCE Office in Tajikistan and met with top government officials, including President Emomali Rakhmon and Foreign Minister Hamrokhon Zarifi, and civil society representatives working in areas relevant to comprehensive security...
Need for integrated and co-ordinated policies for sustainable transport focus of OSCE meeting
Publishing date: 4 April 2011
DRUSKININKAI, Lithuania, 4 April 2011 – The need for co-ordinated policies to ensure transport grows sustainably to benefit the environment as well as the economy is the topic of a two-day preparatory meeting that opened today in the Lithuanian town of Druskininkai...
Tajikistan’s Foreign Minister addresses OSCE, reconfirms commitments, calls for political dialogue to solve economic and environmental problems
Publishing date: 31 March 2011
VIENNA, 31 March 2011 – Tajikistan’s Foreign Minister Hamrokhon Zarifi in his address to the OSCE Permanent Council today reconfirmed the country’s commitments to its OSCE obligations in all dimensions of security, stressed the need for active international involvement in economic rehabilitation of Afghanistan, and the importance of promoting political dialogue in Central Asia to overcome differences on water and energy...
Workshop on gender equality and women's rights held in Prague
Publishing date: 31 March 2011
ODIHR organized a workshop for national human rights institutions from 17 OSCE participating States in Prague on 29 March...
OSCE, Anti-Corruption Academy agree to co-operate on fighting corruption
Publishing date: 29 March 2011
The OSCE Secretary General, Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, and the Chair of the International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA) International Transition Team, Martin Kreutner, signed a Memorandum of Understanding formalizing co-operation between the two organizations on 28 March 2011 at the OSCE Secretariat in Vienna...
OSCE supports elaboration of Kyrgyzstan’s national strategy for inter-ethnic relations
Publishing date: 28 March 2011
BISHKEK, 28 March 2011 – Parliamentarians discussed a new framework document for managing Kyrgyzstan’s ethnic diversity at an OSCE-supported event in Bishkek today...
OSCE Chairmanship welcomes comprehensive reform initiative in Morocco, outlines potential for OSCE support
Publishing date: 25 March 2011
VIENNA, 25 March 2011 – The Chairperson of the OSCE Permanent Council, Ambassador Renatas Norkus, speaking on behalf of the Lithuanian OSCE Chairmanship, today welcomed the comprehensive democratic reform initiative announced by His Majesty Mohammed VI, King of Morocco, earlier this month, and underscored the readiness of the OSCE community to share its own experience and expertise in democratic reform processes with the Organization’s Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation...