News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Tajikistan’s Foreign Minister addresses OSCE, reconfirms commitments, calls for political dialogue to solve economic and environmental problems
Publishing date: 31 March 2011
VIENNA, 31 March 2011 – Tajikistan’s Foreign Minister Hamrokhon Zarifi in his address to the OSCE Permanent Council today reconfirmed the country’s commitments to its OSCE obligations in all dimensions of security, stressed the need for active international involvement in economic rehabilitation of Afghanistan, and the importance of promoting political dialogue in Central Asia to overcome differences on water and energy...
Workshop on gender equality and women's rights held in Prague
Publishing date: 31 March 2011
ODIHR organized a workshop for national human rights institutions from 17 OSCE participating States in Prague on 29 March...
OSCE Centre promotes high-level dialogue on strengthening the role of the Ombudsman in Kazakhstan in preventing torture
Publishing date: 25 March 2011
ASTANA, 25 March 2011 – An OSCE-supported conference on establishing and implementing a National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) in Kazakhstan concluded in Astana today...
Attempts to undermine the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Prosecutor's Office of BiH harm all people in BiH
Publishing date: 25 March 2011
SARAJEVO, 25 March 2011 – The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina has noted with increasing concern that the role and purpose of BiH’s state judicial institutions have been openly called into question in recent weeks...
Participants at OSCE meeting call for more decisive steps to confront anti-Semitism in public discourse
Publishing date: 23 March 2011
PRAGUE, 23 March 2011 – Participants at an OSCE meeting in Prague on confronting anti-Semitism in public discourse today called for more decisive steps to counter expressions of intolerance and hatred while preserving the freedom of speech...
Fight against corruption focus of OSCE co-organized seminar in Vilnius
Publishing date: 23 March 2011
VILNIUS, 23 March 2011 – A three-day expert seminar on anti-corruption policy and integrity training, a joint initiative of the OSCE and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), started in Vilnius today...
OSCE Minorities Commissioner Vollebaek supports strategy for integrated education during visit to Skopje
Publishing date: 18 March 2011
The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM), Knut Vollebaek, visited Skopje on 16-18 March 2011 to assess progress in integrating education as outlined in a government strategy. He also discussed the current political context and its impact on inter-ethnic relations.