News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
UN Human Rights Council resolution on protection of human rights on the Internet a milestone for free speech, says OSCE Representative
Publishing date: 5 July 2016
VIENNA, 5 July 2016 – OSCE Media Freedom Representative Dunja Mijatović today welcomed the latest UN resolution on “the promotion, protection and enjoyment of human rights on the Internet”- a resolution adopted by the United Nations Human Rights Council by consensus, supporting human rights online...
Christine Muttonen of Austria elected OSCE PA President, Vice-Presidents and Committee Officers also elected
Publishing date: 5 July 2016
TBILISI, 5 July 2016 – At the close of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s 25th Annual Session in Tbilisi today, members of the Assembly elected Austrian parliamentarian Christine Muttonen as President. Muttonen has previously served as OSCE PA Vice-President and Special Representative for Central and Eastern Asia, and is Deputy Head of the Austrian Delegation to the PA...
OSCE parliamentarians in Tbilisi adopt wide-ranging Declaration on human rights, security and the environment
Publishing date: 5 July 2016
TBILISI, 5 July 2016 – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly adopted the 2016 Tbilisi Declaration today, addressing key issues in the fields of political affairs and security, economics, the environment, human rights, and humanitarian concerns...
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media welcomes reform of U.S. legislation improving transparency and access to information
Publishing date: 4 July 2016
VIENNA, 4 July 2016 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today welcomed the signing into law of the FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) Improvement Act, which would improve current transparency legislation in the United States of America and access to information in the country...
OSCE parliamentarians consider resolutions on security, economic and environmental concerns and human rights
Publishing date: 2 July 2016
TBILISI, 2 July 2016 – Nearly 300 parliamentarians from 54 OSCE countries have begun debates on political and security affairs, economic and environmental issues and human rights and humanitarian concerns at the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s 25th Annual Session in Tbilisi...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, in Tbilisi, highlights the need for confidence-building
Publishing date: 1 July 2016
TBILISI, 1 July 2016 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, today concluded his three-day visit to the South Caucasus in Georgia. In Tbilisi, Steinmeier met the Georgian political leadership, including President Giorgi Margvelashvili, Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili and Foreign Minister Mikheil Janelidze and the Speaker of the Georgian Parliament David Usupashvili...
Marking 25 years of international dialogue, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Annual Session opens in Tbilisi
Publishing date: 1 July 2016
TBILISI, 1 July 2016 – With nearly 300 parliamentarians in attendance from 54 countries, the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s 25th Annual Session opened Friday with speeches by host officials including Georgian Speaker of Parliament David Usupashvili, President Giorgi Margvelashvili, and Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili, as well as OSCE PA President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) and the OSCE’s Chairperson-in-Office, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier...