News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Further reforms needed in Armenian penitentiaries, OSCE-supported report says
Publishing date: 8 September 2009
YEREVAN, 8 September 2009- Efforts to bring Armenian penitentiaries and detention centres into line with international human rights standards are progressing, but further improvement is needed, according to an OSCE-supported report released today...
OSCE human rights office, Uzbek authorities agree to intensify co-operation
Publishing date: 8 September 2009
TASHKENT, 8 September 2009- The Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Ambassador Janez Lenarcic, and representatives of the Uzbek authorities agreed today to intensify co-operation...
OSCE supports Kyrgyz Emergency Ministry to set up regional training centre in Osh
Publishing date: 8 September 2009
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 8 September 2009- A regional training centre for Kyrgyzstan's Ministry of Emergency Situations (MoES) was opened in Osh today with the support of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek...
OSCE Mission and Serbian Interior Ministry agree to co-operate on new police reform priorities
Publishing date: 7 September 2009
BELGRADE, 7 September 2009- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Hans Ola Urstad, and Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dacic signed a revised agreement today on continued strategic partnership on police reform priorities...
OSCE Office supports townhall meetings to help Tajikistan prepare for 2010 parliamentary elections
Publishing date: 2 September 2009
TAJIKABAD, 2 September 2009- Local government officials, civil society members, representatives of political parties and journalists participated in an OSCE-supported townhall meeting today that was part of preparations aimed to help Tajikistan hold...
OSCE Centre in Astana to co-organize series of community policing seminars
Publishing date: 24 August 2009
OSKEMEN, Kazakhstan, 24 August 2009- The OSCE Centre in Astana, together with the International Kazakhstan Bureau of Human Rights and Rule of Law, launched the first of five training seminars today...
A year after conflict, Georgia still needs stability, OSCE Chairperson says
Publishing date: 6 August 2009
ATHENS, 6 August 2009- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis, said today she was concerned about tensions in the areas affected by the August 2008 conflict in Georgia and called on all sides to refrain from actions...