News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Protection of persons who report corruption focus of OSCE-supported workshop in Trebinje
Publishing date: 5 April 2019
Discussion on the implementation of strategic documents for the fight against corruption and the legal framework for protection of persons who report corruption in Republika Srpska, organized by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, was held on 3 April 2019 in Trebinje...
OSCE supports regional workshop in Minsk to review implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1540 on non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction
Publishing date: 4 April 2019
A regional workshop on the implementation of the UN Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004), regarding the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, was organized by the Belarus’ Foreign Ministry on 3 and 4 April 2019 in Minsk for representatives of countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). The workshop was organized in co-operation with the 1540 Committee and its Group of Experts, and supported by the OSCE and the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs, with funding from the European Union...
Introduction to humanitarian mine action systems for experts from Central Asia kicks off in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 4 April 2019
A five-day OSCE regional course, Introduction to Humanitarian Mine Action Systems, started on 1 April 2019 in Almaty, Kazakhstan...
OSCE supports roundtable discussion on causes of mass fish death in Ural River
Publishing date: 4 April 2019
An OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on environmental problems in the Atyrau Region including the recent death of numerous tonnes of fish in the Ural River concluded on 3 April 2019 in Atyrau, Kazakhstan.
OSCE Mobile Training Team trains Kyrgyz border officers in Bishkek to enhance their capacities to identify foreign terrorist fighters
Publishing date: 4 April 2019
The OSCE Mobile Training Team delivered an interactive training course on the identification of foreign terrorist fighters at the borders for 27 first- and second-line border officers and instructors of Kyrgyzstan’s border institutions from 2 to 4 April 2019 in Bishkek...
OSCE and partner organizations support progress in Moldovan-Ukrainian co-operation to strengthen sustainable development in the Dniester basin
Publishing date: 4 April 2019
Strengthening sustainable development in the Dniester basin was the focus of the OSCE-supported second meeting of the Transboundary Dniester Commission held on 4 April 2019 in Kyiv, Ukraine...
OSCE supports Bosnia and Herzegovina’s efforts to join International Civil Aviation Organization’s Public Key Directory (ICAO PKD)
Publishing date: 4 April 2019
The Border Security and Management Unit of the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department as part of a country visit aimed at facilitating Bosnia and Herzegovina’s participation in the International Civil Aviation Organization’s Public Key Directory (ICAO PKD) held meetings with the country’s Ministry of Security, Ministry of Civil Affairs, Border Police and the Agency for Identification Documents, Registers and Data Exchange (IDDEEA) from 2 to 3 April 2019 in Sarajevo...