News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE-Tajikistan task force outlines comprehensive cross-dimensional co-operation
Publishing date: 22 February 2011
DUSHANBE, 22 February 2010 – Some 90 participants – including OSCE officials as well as representatives of the Tajik government and civil society- discussed achievements and the challenges ahead at the fifth and largest-ever Task Force Meeting on OSCE and Tajikistan held in Dushanbe today...
OSCE supports publications on civil society development in Armenia
Publishing date: 22 February 2011
YEREVAN, 22 February 2011 – OSCE-supported publications to promote civil society development in Armenia, titled Armenian Civil Society: from Transition to Consolidation, were launched in Yerevan today...
High Commissioner Vollebaek meets High Representative and EU Special Representative Inzko in Sarajevo
Publishing date: 22 February 2011
The OSCE's High Commissioner on National Minorities, Ambassador Knut Vollebaek, met the High Representative and EU Special Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Valentin Inzko, in Sarajevo on 21 February 2011.
OSCE Chairperson concerned about trials of protestors in Belarus and calls for monitors to observe
Publishing date: 17 February 2011
VILNIUS, 17 February 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, expressed strong concern today that the courts in Belarus have started trials and the sentencing of people who participated in demonstrations last December. He fully supports the intention of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) to send observers to monitor future trials and urges the authorities to ensure that the observers can conduct their work...
Press release issued by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
Publishing date: 17 February 2011
VIENNA, 17 February 2011- The following is a press release issued by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly today. The views expressed in this press release do not necessarily reflect those of the OSCE Chairmanship, nor of all OSCE participating States...
OSCE Chairperson meets US Secretary of State, addresses Helsinki Commission
Publishing date: 16 February 2011
WASHINGTON, 16 February 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, in meetings today with US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton and senior members of the US administration, underlined Lithuania‘s commitment to promoting OSCE principles, searching for resolution of the protracted conflicts in the OSCE area, supporting freedom of the media, building and maintaining trust and confidence, and promoting energy security...
OSCE Mission to Skopje promotes co-operation of local and central authorities with Ombudsman
Publishing date: 16 February 2011
The OSCE Mission to Skopje has launched a series of four roundtable meetings on the role of the Ombudsman to promote the use of the Ombudsman institution