News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Tsereteli appoints new Special Representative and Rapporteur on corruption and disinformation, reappoints Special Reps
Publishing date: 26 July 2019
COPENHAGEN, 25 July 2019 – In order to better address relevant challenges in the OSCE area OSCE PA President George Tsereteli (Georgia), entering his second term, appointed this week a new Special Representative and a new Special Rapporteur.
OSCE supports roundtable discussion on transboundary water co-operation between Kazakhstan and Russian Federation
Publishing date: 26 July 2019
A two-day roundtable discussion supported by the OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan on the sustainable management of the Zhaiyk (Ural) river basin ecosystem, which traverses Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation, concluded on 26 July 2019 in Oral, Kazakhstan.
OSCE Programme Office supports workshop to rehabilitate prisoners convicted of violent extremist crimes in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 26 July 2019
An OSCE-supported workshop on facilitating the rehabilitation of prisoners convicted of violent extremism, including returning Foreign Terrorist Fighters, through risk assessments and effective classification measures concluded on 26 July 2019 in Nur-Sultan.
OSCE Mission to Moldova supports the country’s efforts in managing small arms and light weapons
Publishing date: 25 July 2019
On 25 July, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, Claus Neukirch, and the Defence Minister of the Republic of Moldova, Pavel Voicu, paid a joint visit to the military base in the city of Floresti in the north of Moldova. The visit offered an opportunity to assess the implementation of the OSCE Mission’s project on explosive risk mitigation. The project is run in co-operation with the Ministry. It aims at improving the general safety and security of the citizens of the Republic of Moldova living in the close vicinity of the ammunitions depots...
Strengthening rule of law-compliant criminal justice responses to terrorism focus of OSCE training seminar in Ashgabat
Publishing date: 25 July 2019
Strengthening rule of law-compliant criminal justice responses to terrorism was the aim of a two-day seminar for over 30 Turkmen practitioners from relevant government agencies and the bar association which concluded on 25 July 2019 in Ashgabat...
Combating human trafficking the focus of OSCE roundtable discussion
Publishing date: 24 July 2019
Developing effective methods of providing assistance to the victims of human trafficking was the central topic discussed at an OSCE roundtable meeting in Ashgabat on 23 July 2019.
OSCE and UNODC train Kazakhstan trainers on countering terrorist financing
Publishing date: 23 July 2019
Strengthening the capacity of Kazakhstan to counter terrorist financing was the aim of a two-day train-the-trainers course held at the OSCE Secretariat in Vienna on 22 and 23 July 2019. The event was organized by the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department, the OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan, and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime's Global Programme against Money Laundering.