News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
In Oslo, OSCE PA delegation urges continued focus on the High North, President Tsereteli names new Special Representative on Arctic Issues
Publishing date: 24 May 2019
OSLO, 24 May 2019 – Arctic countries need to maintain concerted efforts to safeguard the High North as an area of peaceful co-operation, while all OSCE countries must commit to the protection of the nature and biodiversity of the Arctic, a delegation of OSCE parliamentarians highlighted today in a visit to Oslo...
Continued relevance of the Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security highlighted at OSCE seminar in Larnaca
Publishing date: 23 May 2019
The democratic control of armed and security forces in the context of the eastern Mediterranean region was the focus of a seminar organized by the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre and Cyprus from 20 to 24 May 2019 in Larnaca. The discussion brought together more than 60 participants from OSCE participating States and the Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation. The participants included senior officers from the armed forces, senior government officials, and representatives of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, academia and civil society...
In visit to Arctic region, OSCE PA leadership explores local and global impact of climate change
Publishing date: 23 May 2019
LONGYEARBYEN, 23 May 2019 – The concrete impact of global warming and the changing nature of the Arctic region are the focus of an OSCE PA visit hosted by the Norwegian parliament this week. In Svalbard, one of the world’s northernmost inhabited areas, OSCE parliamentarians explored new local realities in the High North and considered how climate change poses security risks for the entire OSCE region...
OSCE Chair commended Tajikistan on 25 years of strong and constructive partnership
Publishing date: 23 May 2019
BRATISLAVA, 23 May 2019 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Slovakia’s Foreign and European Affairs Minister, Miroslav Lajčák, congratulated Tajikistan on assuming the four-month Chairmanship of the Forum for Security Co-operation, concluding his visit of three Central Asian countries in Tajikistan on 22 May.
Challenges in area of border security and management discussed in Forum for Security Co-operation meeting
Publishing date: 22 May 2019
Politico-military aspects of border security and management in Central Asia were the focus of a meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC) under Tajikistan’s chairmanship on 22 May 2019 in Vienna.
Dialogue and regional co-operation key ingredients for peaceful and prosperous Central Asia, says OSCE Chair in Ashgabat
Publishing date: 21 May 2019
ASHGABAT, 21 May 2019 – Visiting Turkmenistan today, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Slovakia’s Foreign and European Affairs Minister, Miroslav Lajčák, underlined the strategic importance of Central Asia for Eurasian security.
OSCE and Parliament of Tajikistan organize conference on International Day of Families
Publishing date: 21 May 2019