News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Kazakh Chairmanship welcomes 2011 OSCE budget approval
Publishing date: 22 December 2010
VIENNA, 23 December 2010- The Kazakh OSCE Chairmanship and the Lithuanian Chairmanship of the Advisory Committee on Management and Finance welcomed today’s decision by the 56 OSCE participating States to approve the Unified Budget for 2011, amounting to 150,764,700 euros...
OSCE Chairmanship says Geneva Discussions have been strengthened
Publishing date: 15 December 2010
GENEVA, 16 December 2010- The Geneva Discussions resulted in steps towards gradual normalization of the situation on the ground said Bolat Nurgaliyev, the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, following a meeting in Geneva today...
Institutions should do more to protect communities' rights, says new OSCE Mission in Kosovo report
Publishing date: 14 December 2010
PRISHTINE/PRISTINA, 15 December 2010- Kosovo institutions have taken considerable steps to enhance the protection and promotion of non-Albanian community rights, but implementation of laws and a stronger institutional commitment is necessary to achieve full respect for their rights, according to a report by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo released today...
Experts discuss Summit outcomes at Vienna Roundtable
Publishing date: 13 December 2010
A group of academics from across the OSCE region met in the first OSCE Vienna Roundtable event to discuss the outcome of the 2010 Astana Summit.
OSCE Office trains Tajik border troops to strengthen Tajik-Afghan border patrolling
Publishing date: 9 December 2010
DUSHANBE, 10 December 2010- The OSCE Office in Dushanbe completed an advanced training course today for Tajik border officials focusing on effective patrols...
OSCE Border Management Staff College trains senior officers from Afghanistan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan
Publishing date: 9 December 2010
DUSHANBE, 10 December 2010- Twenty senior border officers from across the OSCE area successfully completed the first one-month course for border staff at the OSCE Border Management Staff College (BMSC) today...
Judges from ICTY, Bosnia and Herzegovina discuss handling war crimes cases under OSCE/ODIHR-led project
Publishing date: 9 December 2010
SARAJEVO, 10 December 2010- Judges from the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) today discussed experiences in adjudicating war crimes cases with peers from Bosnia and Herzegovina as part of the regional War Crimes Justice Project led by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)...