News and press releases

Better co-operation on immigration issues is a way to prevent human trafficking. On November 23, 2012 the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine organized a roundtable discussion in Kyiv to promote better co-ordination between Ukrainian authorities and consular officials in combating human trafficking...

Ways to evaluate the performance of judges were the focus of a two-day workshop organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), the OSCE Mission to Moldova and the Superior Council of Magistrates that ended on 22 November 2012 in Vadul lui Voda...

The OSCE Secretary General, Lamberto Zannier, welcomed on 22 November 2012 the Permanent Representative of Mongolia, Enkhsaikhan Jargalsaikhan, to the OSCE following the decision for the country to become the Organization’s 57th participating State...

Andorran Foreign Minister Gilbert Saboya i Sunyé addressed the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna on 22 November 2012...

Enhancing the role of women within political parties in Kazakhstan was the theme of a roundtable meeting held in Astana by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), the OSCE Centre in Astana and UN Women on 22 November 2012...

TSAKHKADZOR, Armenia, 21 November 2012 –– The role of the media in elections, the importance of impartial and quality reporting on elections and the techniques to directly involve voters through electronic and social media will be discussed at a training workshop that started today in Tsakhkadzor, Armenia...

Fletcher M. Burton, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, met on 20 November 2012 in Sarajevo with Milorad Novković, the President of the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council (HJPC) to discuss the longstanding co-operation between the OSCE Mission and the HJPC in promoting an independent, accountable, and efficient judiciary in the country...