News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Special Representative, at UNESCO, says women’s empowerment is key to preventing human trafficking
Publishing date: 9 March 2012
The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, addressed the roundtable meeting "Trafficking in Women and Girls" on the occasion of International Women’s Day at UNESCO on 9 March 2012 in Paris...
ODIHR supports conference on promoting women’s political participation in Northern Ireland
Publishing date: 9 March 2012
Measures to increase the political representation of women in Northern Ireland were highlighted at a conference organized in Belfast on 9 March 2012 by the Centre for the Advancement of Women in Politics at Queen's University Belfast, and supported by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)...
Roma women need better access to health care, says OSCE Roma adviser
Publishing date: 9 March 2012
Women from the Roma and Sinti communities are particularly vulnerable regarding their access to health care and more should be done to address the multiple forms of discrimination against them, said the head of the OSCE Contact Point for Roma and Sinti Issues, Andrzej Mirga, on International Women’s Day on 8 March 2012...
OSCE media freedom representative condemns attack on journalist in Montenegro
Publishing date: 8 March 2012
VIENNA, 8 March 2012 – Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, today strongly condemned the attack on Olivera Lakić, a journalist with the daily newspaper Vijesti.
OSCE Secretary General stresses importance of co-operation with EU in meeting with European Commission President in Brussels
Publishing date: 8 March 2012
OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier, visiting Brussels on 6 and 7 March 2012, discussed with the European Commission President, José Manuel Durão Barroso, co-operation between the EU and the OSCE in addressing current and emerging security challenges in the OSCE region...
OSCE media representative calls on Tajik authorities to lift ban on Facebook and news websites
Publishing date: 7 March 2012
VIENNA, 7 March 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, appealed to the Government of Tajikistan today to reverse instructions to block the Facebook social media platform and four websites reporting on social and political affairs...
Norway’s internet voting pilot project held in an open manner but could have benefited from more formalized procedures, says ODIHR report
Publishing date: 6 March 2012
Norway’s internet voting project for the 12 September local government elections was conducted in an open manner, but the system could have benefited from more formalized procedures, says the final report of the ODIHR Election Expert Team...