News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports efforts to protect minority rights
Publishing date: 18 October 2012
SKOPJE, 18 October 2012 – The efforts and challenges faced in implementing and protecting minority rights in the Balkans are the focus of an OSCE-supported regional conference that started in Skopje today...
Head of OSCE Presence welcomes election of Central Election Commission in Albania
Publishing date: 11 October 2012
TIRANA, 11 October 2012-- The Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Eugen Wollfarth, welcomed today’s election by the Albanian Assembly of the Central Election Commission...
OSCE’s Habsburg Douglas completes pre-election visit to Ukraine
Publishing date: 11 October 2012
KYIV, 11 October 2012 – Walburga Habsburg Douglas (MP, Sweden), the Special Co-ordinator appointed to lead the OSCE election observation mission to Ukraine, today concluded a three-day pre-election visit to the country aimed at assessing the climate ahead of parliamentary elections scheduled for 28 October...
Data on hate crime in focus at annual OSCE human rights meeting
Publishing date: 3 October 2012
The collection and reporting of hate crime data were the focus of a discussion organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) at the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw on 3 October 2012...
OSCE Centre in Astana conducts regional seminar on democratic oversight of security sector in Central Asia
Publishing date: 3 October 2012
ASTANA, 3 October 2012 – Fostering dialogue and co-operation between ministries, parliamentarians and senior military personnel involved in the oversight of armed forces is the focus of a regional OSCE-held seminar that started today...
Structured legal measures are needed to put human and community rights legislation into practice in Kosovo, concludes OSCE report
Publishing date: 1 October 2012
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 1 October 2012 – Despite substantial progress in creating the necessary legal framework to safeguard human and community rights, more needs to be done to put this into practice, an OSCE Mission in Kosovo report issued today concludes...
OSCE Chairperson addresses UN General Assembly
Publishing date: 28 September 2012
UNITED NATIONS, 28 September 2012 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Eamon Gilmore, emphasized the importance of human rights in promoting peace and security in his address to the UN General Assembly today...