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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Delegation Heads discuss Russian sanctions issue
Publishing date: 5 July 2015
HELSINKI, 5 July 2015 – The Heads of National Delegations to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly today discussed the decision of the government of Finland to enforce European Union visa bans against several Russian parliamentarians who had registered to participate in the PA’s Annual Session this week in Helsinki...
Roberto Montella of Italy elected OSCE PA Secretary General with term beginning in 2016
Publishing date: 5 July 2015
HELSINKI, 5 July 2015 – Roberto Montella of Italy has been elected the next Secretary General of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly with a term starting on 1 January 2016...
OSCE Mission to Moldova trains young people on debate techniques
Publishing date: 2 July 2015
The OSCE Mission to Moldova held a three-day training event on debate techniques for 40 high school students from Bender, Cahul, Ceadîr-Lunga, Comrat, Taraclia, Tiraspol and Vulcănești on 26-28 June 2015. The training was held at Vadul-lui-Vodă, a town by the Dniester/Nistru River...
Rule of law professionals discuss the monitoring of administrative justice at annual OSCE/ODIHR trial-monitoring meeting
Publishing date: 1 July 2015
Monitoring administrative justice was the focus of this year’s annual trial-monitoring meeting organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), in co-operation with the Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA), in Warsaw between 29 June and 1 July 2015.
OSCE PA Annual Session: Sanctions against MPs, Russia’s actions in Ukraine, foreign terrorist fighters among proposed supplementary resolutions
Publishing date: 30 June 2015
COPENHAGEN, 30 June 2015 – An argument opposing the use of sanctions against parliamentarians, a condemnation of Russia’s actions in Ukraine and a call to action regarding foreign terrorist fighters are among a diverse group of supplementary items proposed for consideration at the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Annual Session on 5-9 July in Helsinki...
OSCE Programme Office builds capacity of Balkhash-Alakol Water Basin Council
Publishing date: 30 June 2015
An OSCE-supported training seminar and a regular meeting of the Balkhash-Alakol Water Council took place on 30 June 2015 in Almaty, Kazakhstan...
OSCE Mission to Montenegro launches awareness campaign to stop the uncontrolled spread of small arms and light weapons
Publishing date: 29 June 2015
A comprehensive Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) Public Awareness and Illicit Weapons Collection Campaign, under the slogan of ‘Respect Life – Return Weapons’, has been jointly launched by OSCE Mission in Montenegro and the partners for implementation. They include the Ministry of Interior of Montenegro, UNDP and the Centre for Democratic Transition. The Campaign is financially supported by the EU and the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany...