News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
ODIHR releases e-learning course for short-term election observers
Publishing date: 12 July 2012
A web-based learning course designed to assist OSCE participating States in training short-term election observers was released by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Vienna on 12 July 2012...
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities delivers statement to OSCE Permanent Council
Publishing date: 12 July 2012
The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Knut Vollebaek delivered a statement to the 920th Plenary Meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council on 12 July 2012...
OSCE states discuss implementation of Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security
Publishing date: 11 July 2012
Representatives of the 56 OSCE participating States discussed on 11 July 2012 the implementation of the OSCE Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security at its first ever annual review meeting...
OSCE media freedom representative hails ruling by Moldova Supreme Court
Publishing date: 11 July 2012
VIENNA, 11 July 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, welcomed today’s ruling of Moldova’s Supreme Court dismissing previous court decisions on a defamation law suit against Ziarul de Gardă investigative newspaper...
OSCE Secretary General meets civil society representatives in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 9 July 2012
During his official visit to Azerbaijan, OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier had a meeting with civil society representatives in Baku on 8 July 2012, to discuss ongoing work and challenges in economic, environmental, as well as human rights-related fields...
Effective prosecution of hate crimes focus of ODIHR event for prosecutors
Publishing date: 6 July 2012
The effective prosecution of hate crimes was the theme of a meeting and pilot training session organized for 25 prosecutors from across the OSCE region by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw on 5 and 6 July 2012...
OSCE supports states to stop proliferation of weapons of mass destruction
Publishing date: 4 July 2012
OSCE support to participating States to implement UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1540 on preventing proliferation of weapons of mass destruction was the focus of a security dialogue held at the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation in Vienna on 4 July 2012...