News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Special Representative highlights role of parliamentarians in combating human trafficking
Publishing date: 11 November 2011
The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, in her address to the Committee for Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid of the German Bundestag on 9 November 2011 stressed the critical role that Parliaments can play in changing the perception of trafficking, especially in the field of labour exploitation...
OSCE Centre concludes project on strengthening Ombudsman Institution in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 11 November 2011
ASTANA, 11 November 2011 – Results of an OSCE project supporting the Ombudsman Institution in Kazakhstan were presented in Astana today...
OSCE Presence in Albania brings women and top politicians together to enhance women’s role in governance
Publishing date: 9 November 2011
TIRANA, 9 November 2011- Women active in political and public life and top officials of Albania’s political parties met for two days in Tirana at an OSCE-organized conference on enhancing women’s role in governance...
OSCE Chairperson welcomes Joint Ministerial Declaration on addressing refugee situation in South-Eastern Europe
Publishing date: 7 November 2011
VILNIUS, 7 November 2011- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, welcomed the Joint Declaration signed by the four countries involved in the regional process on ending displacement and ensuring solutions for refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs), in Belgrade today. He underscored the importance of this process for security and stability in South-Eastern Europe...
OSCE and partners promote judicial independence in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 4 November 2011
BISHKEK, 4 November 2011- Building public trust in the judiciary through the fair selection of judges was the focus of a two-day training seminar that ended in Bishkek today...
Efthymiou promotes co-operation in speech to OSCE Permanent Council
Publishing date: 3 November 2011
VIENNA, 3 November 2011 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Petros Efthymiou today laid out a vision to strengthen the world’s largest regional security organization during a speech before the Organization’s diplomatic body, the Permanent Council...
Central Asian Youth Network Seminar focuses on building security communities
Publishing date: 3 November 2011
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 3 November 2011 – A three-day Central Asian Youth Network (CAYN) seminar began today in Almaty. The event brought together more than 50 university students from across Central Asia to discuss contemporary security issues as they relate to the region...