News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Special Envoy of OSCE Chairman-in-Office visits OSCE Mission to Montenegro
Publishing date: 27 January 2022
Ambassador Artur Dmochowski, Special Envoy of the Polish OSCE Chairmanship, visited the OSCE Mission to Montenegro and met with Siv-Katrine Leirtroe, Deputy Head of the Mission, on 24 January 2022.
OSCE Mission to Montenegro supports adoption of new Action Plan for a Gender Responsive Parliament 2022–2024
Publishing date: 27 January 2022
On 24 January 2022, the Gender Equality Committee of Montenegrin Parliament unanimously adopted the new Action Plan for a Gender-responsive Parliament 2022–2024. The document was developed with the support of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, as part of a long-standing co-operation with the Committee in promoting gender equality principles.
Commemoration must be coupled with education to combat anti-Semitism, build peaceful societies, OSCE says on International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Publishing date: 27 January 2022
WARSAW/WASHINGTON, 27 January 2022 – On today’s International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the OSCE calls for greater efforts to find new forms of remembrance and education in order to fight back harder against anti-Semitism and build peaceful societies free from hate and prejudice.
Press Statement of Special Representative Kinnunen after the regular Meeting of Trilateral Contact Group on 26 January 2022
Publishing date: 26 January 2022
KYIV, 26 January 2022 – The Special Representative of the OSCE ChairpersonChairman-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), Ambassador Mikko Kinnunen, made the following statement to the press after the regular meetings of the TCG and its Working Groups held through video conferencing:
OSCE together with international partners supports project on police reform in Armenia
Publishing date: 26 January 2022
The European Union will fund a 24-month project on building effective and accountable institutions in Armenia, based on the principles of good governance and respect for the rule of law. The project will be jointly implemented by the OSCE, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities supports North Macedonia’s ongoing efforts towards One Society for All
Publishing date: 24 January 2022
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Kairat Abdrakhmanov expressed his support for North Macedonia’s ongoing efforts towards developing its strategy of One Society for All as an effective framework to help improve social cohesion. During his three-day visit to the country, the High
104th Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism meeting takes place in Ergneti
Publishing date: 20 January 2022
ERGNETI, 20 January 2022 — The 104th meeting of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) took place today in Ergneti, under the co-facilitation of Ambassador Marek Szczygieł, Head of the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM), and Ambassador Viorel Moşanu, newly appointed Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the South Caucasus.