News and press releases

CHISINAU, 26 November 2012 – The Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, Ambassador Jennifer Brush, presented today the annual 16-Day Campaign against Gender-Based Violence under the slogan “Real men don’t beat women”...

ASHGABAT, 16 November 2012 – National experts from four Caspian littoral OSCE participating states discussed effective mechanisms of incident and conflict prevention and security management on the maritime borders at an OSCE-organized roundtable meeting that concluded in Ashgabat today...

VIENNA, 9 November 2012- The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Ambassadors Robert Bradtke of the United States, Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, and Jacques Faure of France) and the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, presented their annual reports to the OSCE Permanent Council on November 8 in Vienna...

PARIS, 28 October 2012-  The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group and the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan issued the following press release in Paris on 27 October 2012.

OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier discussed preparations for the Ministerial Council to take place in Dublin in December, as well as the Organization’s current activities and priorities during a working visit to the Russian Federation that got under way on 23 October 2012...

On 12 October 2012, the OSCE Gender Section held a discussion in Vienna on gender responsive budgeting and its role in ensuring equality between women and men within the Organization and participating States...

WASHINGTON D.C., 9 October 2012 – The Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE/ODIHR) today officially opened an election observation mission for the general elections to be held in the United States on 6 November...