News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Tajik Border Troops and Afghan Border Police officers complete OSCE-supported training of trainers course
Publishing date: 26 July 2017
Ten border officers from the Afghan Border Police and ten Tajik Border Troops completed a three-week training of trainers course on 26 July 2017. The course was organized under the Patrol Programming and Leadership project of the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe...
OSCE supports Shu-Talas Water Basin Council meeting in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 26 July 2017
An OSCE-supported regular meeting of the Shu-Talas Water Basin Council, followed by a training seminar on climate change adaptation measures, took place on 26 July 2017 in Taraz, southern Kazakhstan...
OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe supports advanced explosive ordnance disposal courses
Publishing date: 24 July 2017
Two parallel 11-day courses on explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) level 3, supported by the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, were concluded in Dushanbe on 21 July 2017. The courses for Russian-speaking and Tajik-Dari speaking students, respectively, were attended by 42 trainees from Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia and Tajikistan...
OSCE promotes implementation of Istanbul Protocol to help torture victims in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 24 July 2017
An OSCE-supported four-day training seminar titled “Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Inhuman Treatment in Accordance with the Istanbul Protocol” started on 24 July 2017 in Astana...
OSCE media freedom representative calls on Turkey to release imprisoned journalists
Publishing date: 24 July 2017
VIENNA, 24 July 2017 – The start of the trial against journalists and board members of the daily newspaper Cumhuriyet today highlights the urgent need to protect journalism and improve media freedom in Turkey, Harlem Désir, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media stated...
OSCE organizes training on journalists’ rights and responsibilities in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 20 July 2017
Journalists from Turkmenistan’s media, judges from the supreme, city and district courts, lawyers from the bar association and participated in an OSCE-supported training course on the journalists’ rights and duties on 19-20 July 2017 in Ashgabat...
OSCE/ODIHR co-organizes seminar in Manila on developing principles and recommendations for civil registration and identity management
Publishing date: 19 July 2017
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) co-organized an event on the development of globally applicable principles and recommendations for civil registration and identity management in Manila from 17 to 19 July 2017. At the technical seminar, organized in partnership