News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Development of Turkmen national action plan on implementing UN resolution on non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction is focus of OSCE and UNODA discussion in Ashgabat
Publishing date: 30 June 2017
Some 30 representatives of Turkmenistan’s law-enforcement bodies and other relevant institutions and ministries participated in a roundtable discussion on the national and regional implementation of UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1540 (2004) on non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction on 29 and 30 June 2017 in Ashgabat...
Countering proliferation of weapons of mass destruction focus of OSCE workshop in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 30 June 2017
A two-day workshop on implementing the United Nations Security Council Resolutions (UNSCR) on countering the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in Kazakhstan concluded on 30 June, 2017 in Astana...
OSCE trains Kazakhstan’s border service officers in risk profiling
Publishing date: 30 June 2017
The fifth in a series of OSCE-supported five-day training courses on risk profiling at border checkpoints to assist sixteen officers of the Border Service of Kazakhstan’s National Security Committee in countering transnational threats by using risk profiling at border checkpoints concluded in Aktobe, Kazakhstan on 30 June 2017...
Reviewing restrictions of suffrage rights and arrangements for voting abroad, permitting use of other languages among recommendations in OSCE/ODIHR final report on Bulgaria’s early parliamentary elections
Publishing date: 30 June 2017
While noting that contestants in Bulgaria’s 26 March 2017 early parliamentary elections could campaign freely and that the legal framework is generally conducive to holding democratic elections, the final report by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) includes among its recommendations the review of suffrage rights and arrangements for voting abroad, and permitting the use of languages other than Bulgarian.
OSCE Office in Tajikistan delivers training courses for police public councils in Dushanbe
Publishing date: 30 June 2017
The first in the series of training courses for Public Council members concluded on 30 June 2017 in Dushanbe. The course was jointly organized by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan and the international organization Saferworld...
OSCE-supported workshop on introduction of new technology in electoral process opened in Podgorica
Publishing date: 30 June 2017
A two-day workshop on the introduction of new technology in the electoral process was opened on 29 June 2017 in Podgorica...
OSCE Mission to Moldova trains law students to raise awareness about free legal aid
Publishing date: 30 June 2017
The OSCE Mission to Moldova held a training event on raising awareness about free legal aid for 21 law students from Balti, Cahul and Chisinau on 26 and 27 June 2017. As a result of the event, held at Vadul-lui-Vodă, participants will go on to organize a series of public events in rural areas addressing the most widespread legal issues facing vulnerable members of the community...