News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Nearly 1,300 bombs and 19 missiles destroyed as part of large-scale OSCE Soviet-era ammunition demolition project in Georgia
Publishing date: 18 July 2013
The explosion of a cluster bomb on 12 July 2013 at a demolition range in Georgia marked the end of a two-year project by the OSCE and the United Nations Development Programme to help the country destroy 1,289 pieces of aircraft ammunition and 19 missiles...
Secretary-General of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation addresses OSCE
Publishing date: 18 July 2013
The Secretary-General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), Dmitry Mezentsev, addressed the OSCE Permanent Council on 18 July 2013...
Civil society oversight of municipalities necessary to improve public service, OSCE conference participants conclude
Publishing date: 17 July 2013
More than 25 civil society representatives from south-eastern Europe met on 15 and 16 July 2013 at an OSCE conference in Prishtinë/ Priština to exchange best practices on municipal oversight and participation in local decision-making...
Measures to promote transparency, public participation in lawmaking in focus at ODIHR-supported workshop in Tbilisi
Publishing date: 16 July 2013
Measures to increase transparency and public participation in the lawmaking process were the focus of a workshop organised by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Parliament of Georgia in Tbilisi on 16 July 2013...
OSCE promotes parliamentarism among young people in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 16 July 2013
On 15 July 2013 the Parliament of Kyrgyzstan hosted the concluding session of the Youth Model Parliament, an OSCE–supported project...
Young people from both banks of Dniester/Nistru river discuss environmental protection and building trust, with OSCE support
Publishing date: 16 July 2013
An OSCE-supported summer school held from 4 to 14 July 2013 brought together 80 young people from both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River in a beach town of Molovata Noua...
ODIHR highlights value of professional and ethical standards for parliamentarians at Georgia conference
Publishing date: 15 July 2013
The importance of a credible code of conduct for parliamentarians as a tool for building trust in democracy was highlighted by Georgian members of parliament and civil society at a conference organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Parliament of Georgia in Tbilisi on 15 July 2013...