News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre in Astana helps promote oil spills prevention, preparedness and response
Publishing date: 14 March 2013
Jeannette Kloetzer, the Deputy Head of the OSCE Centre in Astana, spoke at a conference on industrial safety and oil spill prevention, preparedness and response in Almaty, Kazakhstan on 14 March 2013...
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities marks 20 years of conflict prevention
Publishing date: 14 March 2013
The institution of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities marked its 20th anniversary in The Hague on 7 and 8 March 2013...
OSCE holds training on terrorist bombing prevention in Kosovo
Publishing date: 13 March 2013
An OSCE-supported workshop on terrorist bombing prevention organized for representatives of the Assembly of Kosovo, Kosovo Police, relevant ministries, the customs service, the office of the special prosecutor and the business community concluded in Prishtinë/Priština on 13 March 2013...
Right to free expression continues to apply in digital age, say recommendations from OSCE Internet 2013 conference
Publishing date: 13 March 2013
The recommendations from the OSCE conference Internet 2013 – Shaping policies to advance media freedom were published on 13 March 2013...
Women in Afghanistan could lose rights gained over past decade, say participants of OSCE event in Vienna
Publishing date: 13 March 2013
On 13 March 2013, the OSCE Gender Section held a discussion in Vienna on women’s empowerment and security in Afghanistan. Miroslava Beham, the OSCE Senior Adviser on Gender Issues, underlined the importance of involving women at all stages of peace processes and the protection of women’s rights...
OSCE/ODIHR supports dialogue on political party funding and women’s participation in Georgia
Publishing date: 13 March 2013
Representatives from government agencies, political parties, civil society and international organizations highlighted measures to enhance the transparency of political party funding and increase women’s political participation in Georgia, at a roundtable meeting co-organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Tbilisi on 12 and 13 March 2013...
