News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE White Ribbon Award recognizes individual’s efforts in promoting gender equality
Publishing date: 28 November 2019
VIENNA, 28 November 2019 – OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger presented two members of permanent delegations representing their countries in the OSCE with a White Ribbon Award in recognition of their personal commitment and achievements in promoting gender equality.
Prevention and fight against domestic violence in focus of OSCE-organized workshop
Publishing date: 28 November 2019
SARAJEVO, 28 November 2019- Following prior successful co-operation with law enforcement agencies in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), the OSCE Mission to BiH organized today a workshop on preventing, handling and combating domestic violence for representatives of all police stations in the Canton Sarajevo and the Canton’s Interior Ministry.
OSCE-supported Community Policing Project piloted in Kazakhstan’s Karaganda region
Publishing date: 28 November 2019
Some 40 officials from governmental institutions, law enforcement agencies and civil society associations attended the launch of a Community Policing Project in Karaganda on 27 November 2019. The project,which emphasizes the joint responsibility of the State and civilians in ensuring public security, is supported by the OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan and Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs....
OSCE conducts training on countering transnational crime and identification of foreign terrorist fighters for border officers in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 28 November 2019
An OSCE-supported three-day training course on countering transnational crime and identification of potential foreign terrorist fighters (FTFs) concluded on 28 November 2019 in Aktau, Kazakhstan...
OSCE enhances capacity and co-operation of agencies promoting and protecting rights of national minorities in Moldova
Publishing date: 27 November 2019
The OSCE’s Mission to Moldova organized a two-day training course on access to healthcare by minority groups on 22 November 2019 in Chisinau. More than 25 representatives of the Agency for Interethnic Relations, the Ombudsman’s office and the Council for Preventing and Eliminating Discrimination and Ensuring Equality completed the course. The course is part of an effort to establish a coalition of public agencies implementing the National Strategy for Consolidation of Interethnic Relations.
OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration publishes activity report for 2017–2019
Publishing date: 27 November 2019
The Court of Conciliation and Arbitration within the OSCE, based in Geneva, published its activity report for the period 2017–2019 on 26 November 2019, following the completion of the mandate of the outgoing Bureau of the Court, headed by Professor Christian Tomuschat, last month...
OSCE presents results of the Survey on the Well-being and Safety of Women in Ukraine during 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence
Publishing date: 27 November 2019
KYIV, 27 November 2019 – On 25 November the OSCE launched an awareness-raising campaign entitled “End the Silence” that is taking place during the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence. Today, as part of the campaign, the Gender Section of the OSCE Secretariat and the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine organized the conference “Gender Based Violence: From Data to Action” where the results of the 2018 OSCE-led Survey on the Well-being and Safety of Women in Ukraine were presented.