News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Special Representative presents annual report, agenda for preventing trafficking for labour exploitation
Publishing date: 15 December 2011
Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, called on states to tackle the structural factors that increase the vulnerability of people to trafficking such as discrimination, violence, and lack of education and job opportunities, in her annual report to the Permanent Council on 15 December 2011...
Lithuanian OSCE Chairmanship concludes discussion series with seminar on security community
Publishing date: 14 December 2011
The concluding seminar in the “V to V Dialogue” series of expert seminars organized by the Lithuanian OSCE Chairmanship began in Kahlenberg, near Vienna, on 14 December 2011...
OSCE Presence in Albania organizes roundtable discussion on civic education
Publishing date: 13 December 2011
The OSCE Presence in Albania, in co-operation with the Ministry of Education and Science, organized a roundtable discussion on civic education on 13 December 2011...
OSCE Office supports rock concert, film festival and Human Rights Expo to mark Human Rights Day in Armenia
Publishing date: 13 December 2011
A rock concert, a Human Rights Film Festival, a public debate and a Human Rights Expo were among the OSCE-supported events held on 9 and 10 December 2011 in Yerevan to mark International Human Rights Day...
OSCE Mission encourages public to use Kosovo police inspectorate
Publishing date: 13 December 2011
The OSCE Mission and the Police Inspectorate of Kosovo launched a public information campaign on 12 December 2011 promoting the inspectorate’s oversight role and police accountability...
Democratic law making in focus at OSCE workshop in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 12 December 2011
Justice Ministry officials and civil society representatives discussed the main principles of democratic law-making at a workshop organized on 10 December 2011 by ODIHR and the OSCE Centre in Bishkek in co-operation with the Justice Ministry of Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE supports discussion on fight against terrorism financing
Publishing date: 12 December 2011
The OSCE, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime the Romanian Foreign Ministry have organized on 13 and 14 December 2011 a workshop in Bucharest on preventing and fighting terrorism financing...