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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
90th Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism meeting takes place in Ergneti
Publishing date: 18 December 2018
ERGNETI, 18 December 2018- The 90th Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) meeting took place today in Ergneti...
Marking International Migrants Day, OSCE PA’s Lanjri notes that migration’s benefits can be better enjoyed through enhanced international co-operation
Publishing date: 18 December 2018
COPENHAGEN, 18 December 2018 – Migrants can benefit host countries by contributing to economic growth and promoting understanding between societies, said OSCE parliamentarian Nahima Lanjri (MP, Belgium) today, marking International Migrants Day. But in order to promote the benefits of migration and ensure that it is a source of prosperity and sustainable development, it is necessary to improve migration governance, she said...
To address labour shortages, socio-economic integration of migrants is essential, say participants at OSCE discussion in Vienna
Publishing date: 18 December 2018
VIENNA, 18 December 2018- To address labour shortages and allow migrants to be a resource for countries of origin and destination, socio-economic integration is essential, said participants at the OSCE conference held today in Vienna on the occasion of the International Migrants Day...
Fifth OSCE simulation-based training in combating human trafficking along migration routes concludes in Vicenza
Publishing date: 17 December 2018
Over 70 anti-trafficking practitioners from more than 30 OSCE participating States and Partners for Co-operation in Europe, Central Asia and North America practiced how to apply a multi-agency and human rights-based approach during the fifth OSCE international simulation-based training to combat
OSCE parliamentarians call for immediate cessation of hostilities in Ukraine conflict zones
Publishing date: 17 December 2018
KYIV, 17 December 2018 – Leaders from the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s human rights and humanitarian committee today called for all sides of the conflict in eastern Ukraine to lay down their weapons as a critical step in finding a lasting solution to the crisis in and around Ukraine.
OSCE Mission to Serbia, Italian Embassy and Anti-Corruption Agency mark International Anti-Corruption Day
Publishing date: 14 December 2018
More than 100 high-level officials from South-Eastern Europe dealing with preventing corruption, together with senior representatives of Serbian institutions, civil society organizations and the media gathered for a regional conference in Belgrade on 13 and 14 December 2018 to mark International Anti-Corruption Day...
Role of proactive, intelligence- and information-led policing in tackling serious and organized crime explored at OSCE regional workshop in Minsk
Publishing date: 13 December 2018
Way in which proactive and intelligence and/or information-led policing approaches can enhance the fight against serious and organized crime were explored at a regional workshop for law enforcement representatives of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Moldova and the Russian Federation conducted by the OSCE Transnational Threats Department’s Strategic Police Matters Unit in Minsk on 13 December 2018...