News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE fosters Albania and Montenegro law enforcement co-operation in fight against trafficking and organized crime
Publishing date: 15 November 2007
TIRANA, 15 November 2007- Enhancing co-operation between Albanian and Montenegrin police, prosecutors and judges in the fight against transnational organized crime was the focus of an OSCE meeting that ended in Shkodra today...
Co-operation needed to prevent terrorists from exploiting the Internet, finds OSCE meeting
Publishing date: 15 November 2007
VIENNA, 15 November 2007- Co-operation is crucial to efforts to prevent terrorist exploitation of the Internet, heard participants at an OSCE expert workshop that started today...
Travel document security in Mediterranean region focus of OSCE workshop in Madrid
Publishing date: 15 November 2007
MADRID, 15 November 2007- Helping OSCE countries improve the security of passports and other travel documents in the Mediterranean region was the focus of an OSCE workshop that ended in Madrid today...
OSCE plays indispensable role in Kosovo, says UN's Kosovo administrator
Publishing date: 15 November 2007
VIENNA, 15 November 2007- Clarity on Kosovo's future is critical for the communities in Kosovo and to ensuring stability in the region, said Joachim Ruecker, Head of the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), addressing the OSCE today...
National commitment supported by international co-operation essential to foster human rights education, say participants in Strasbourg meeting
Publishing date: 7 November 2007
STRASBOURG, 6 November 2007- Committed, vigorous and concerted national action is essential to ensure proper integration and implementation of human rights education in the school system, participants in a meeting in Strasbourg concluded today...
OSCE Mission calls for referral mechanism for trafficking victims in Kosovo
Publishing date: 31 October 2007
PRISTINA, 31 October 2007- The number of local victims of human trafficking is growing, and improved mechanisms are needed to help identify and assist these people, said the OSCE Mission in an assessment presented today...
Judicial handling of trafficking cases in Kosovo a concern, says OSCE Mission
Publishing date: 30 October 2007
PRISTINA, 30 October 2007- Kosovo has made progress with efforts to fight trafficking, but improvements in the way trafficking cases are handled by the judiciary are still needed, according to an OSCE Mission report published today...