News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Greater representation of women in local elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina the focus of OSCE co-organized conference
Publishing date: 6 March 2020
The conference “More Than Quota: Towards Greater Representation of Women in Local Elections 2020” concluded today in Sarajevo. It was organized by Westminster Foundation for Democracy and the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), in partnership with the Gender Equality Commission of the House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH on the occasion of International Women’s Day...
OSCE Mission to Serbia supports capacity of the police to fight corruption
Publishing date: 6 March 2020
On the second anniversary of Serbia’s Interior Ministry’s Anti-Corruption Department, held in Belgrade on 6 March 2020, ten Serbian police officers received diplomas after successfully completing internationally accredited courses in financial crime forensics...
OSCE assists with Uzbekistan’s attendance at the Hague Conference on Private Property Law
Publishing date: 5 March 2020
With support of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, a delegation of Uzbek senior government officials participated at the Council on General Affairs and Policy (CGAP) of the Hague Conference on Private Property Law (HCCH) held in The Hague from 3 to 6 March, 2020.
President of the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration Emmanuel Decaux addresses Permanent Council
Publishing date: 4 March 2020
President of the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration Professor Emmanuel Decaux addressed the OSCE Permanent Council on 27 February 2020, where he invited signatory and third-party States to join the 34 States that are currently party to the Convention on Conciliation and Arbitration within the OSCE...
OSCE seminar addresses interaction between state institutions and media in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 4 March 2020
Representatives of key ministries and government bodies and journalists from online, print and broadcast media participated in a seminar organized by the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat on 3 and 4 March 2020 on the efficient interaction between state institutions and the media...
Belarus early parliamentary elections 2019: ODIHR observation mission final report
Publishing date: 4 March 2020
Following the early parliamentary elections in Belarus on 17 November 2019, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has published its final report. The report offers 32 recommendations to improve the conduct of elections and increase the transparency of and public
OSCE and UN Office on Drugs and Crime train Tajik officials to disrupt terrorist financing
Publishing date: 3 March 2020
A four-day training course on disrupting the financing of terrorist networks concluded on 28 February 2020 in Dushanbe. The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, in co-operation with UN Office on Drugs and Crime’s Regional Office for Central Asia and the OSCE Secretariat’s Transnational Threats Department/Action against Terrorism Unit organized the course.