News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE official urges States to put victims' rights at the centre when investigating and prosecuting human trafficking cases
Publishing date: 10 September 2008
HELSINKI, 10 September 2008- The OSCE Special Representative for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Eva Biaudet, urged OSCE participating States today to put victims' rights at the centre when investigating and prosecuting human trafficking cases...
Crisis in Georgia challenge for OSCE arms control and confidence-building regime, Finnish official says
Publishing date: 10 September 2008
VIENNA, 10 September 2008- The crisis in Georgia has changed the politico-military situation in the OSCE area in a way that must be taken into account by the OSCE and its Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC), Pauli Järvenpää...
OSCE Monitors patrol road to Tskhinvali
Publishing date: 4 September 2008
TBILISI, 4 September 2008- OSCE Military Monitoring Officers today patrolled the road from Karaleti to Megrevekisi, 4 km from Tskhinvali, for the first time since the outbreak of hostilities in Georgia last month...
Chairman of OSCE's Permanent Council underscores transparency of Organization's activity in Georgia
Publishing date: 4 September 2008
VIENNA, 4 September 2008- The Chairman of the OSCE Permanent Council underscored today that the Organization had distributed all spot reports submitted by its Mission to Georgia on the recent Georgia-Russia conflict to all 56 OSCE participating States...
OSCE Permanent Council holds special meeting, Georgian Foreign Minister addresses delegations
Publishing date: 28 August 2008
VIENNA, 28 August 2008- The OSCE Permanent Council convened for an extraordinary session today in Vienna to discuss the Georgian-Russian conflict, with Georgian Foreign Minister Ekaterine Tkeshelashvili addressing the participating States...
500th flight marks milestone in Open Skies treaty
Publishing date: 26 August 2008
VIENNA, 26 August 2008- A Benelux flight over Bosnia and Herzegovina on 20 August was the 500th flight conducted under the Open Skies treaty, which allows State Parties to carry out unarmed observation flights over each other's territories...
OSCE Chairman reaffirms Organization's commitment to stabilize post-conflict situation in South Caucasus
Publishing date: 22 August 2008
TBILISI, 22 August 2008- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finland's Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb, said today that the Organization was strongly committed to helping stabilize the current situation in Georgia...