News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Using technology to combat trafficking in human beings: OSCE Alliance against Trafficking conference explores how to turn a liability into an asset
Publishing date: 9 April 2019
VIENNA, 10 April 2019 – How technology can be developed, harmonized and deployed to help combat all forms of human trafficking was the focus of the two-day 2019 OSCE Alliance against Trafficking in Persons Conference, which concluded in Vienna yesterday. More than 400 practitioners from across the OSCE’s 57 participating States and the Partners for Co-operation took part...
Tech tools crucial to improving proactive identification of trafficking victims, say participants at OSCE/ODIHR event in Vienna
Publishing date: 9 April 2019
Opportunities and benefits technology provides to governmental institutions, law enforcement agencies, corporations and civil society in identifying victims of human trafficking were the focus of discussion at an event on 9 April 2019 during the 19th Alliance against Trafficking in Persons Conference in Vienna. The panel discussion was organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Strategic Police Matters Unit of the OSCE Transnational Threats Department.
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Lajčák discussed constructive support for OSCE activities in all three dimensions during visit to Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 8 April 2019
NUR-SULTAN, 8 April 2019- OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Slovakia’s Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajčák stressed the importance of regional co-operation in all three dimensions of comprehensive security during his visit today to Nur-Sultan...
OSCE supports law enforcement officers from Afghanistan in advancing their knowledge and skills in combating illicit drugs
Publishing date: 8 April 2019
Ten Afghan law enforcement officers completed a ten-day training course on 5 April 2019, which focused on combating illicit drug trafficking and drug-related crimes. The course, held at the St. Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation was organized by the Strategic Police Matters Unit of the OSCE Transnational Threats Department...
Assembly leadership meets in Copenhagen, hears from Albanian President and OSCE Secretary General
Publishing date: 8 April 2019
COPENHAGEN, 8 April 2019 – Meeting today in the Danish capital, the elected Bureau of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly heard remarks from Albanian President Ilir Meta related to Albania's upcoming Chairmanship of the OSCE, as well as OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger, and Head of the OSCE PA’s Danish Delegation Peter Juel Jensen. Bureau members discussed current international issues and offered feedback on the reports and draft resolutions being prepared for the 28th Annual Session this summer in Luxembourg...
‘We believe in the story of Helsinki’ – OSCE Chairperson, in Washington D.C., urges Helsinki Commission to work together for safer future
Publishing date: 3 April 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C., 3 April 2019 – Discussing the main priorities of the 2019 Slovak OSCE Chairmanship and current developments across the OSCE at his congressional U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (“Helsinki Commission”) hearing, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Slovakia’s Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajčák called on members of the Helsinki Commission to work together for a more stable and prosperous OSCE area – and one in which every person enjoys security and individual rights.
WCO and OSCE deploy specialized PITCH training for Central Asian Customs
Publishing date: 2 April 2019
A four-day training programme on the Prevention of Illicit Trafficking of Cultural Heritage (PITCH), organized by the World Customs Organization (WCO) and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) with the support of the Border Management Unit of the OSCE Project Office in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, drew to a close on 29 March 2019.