News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE organizes meeting to strengthen co-operation between civil society and governments in Central Asia
Publishing date: 16 November 2010
ALMATY, 16 November 2010- Government officials, parliamentarians, Ombudspersons and civil society representatives from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan started a meeting in Almaty today to find ways to improve...
OSCE Chairperson calls for constructive co-operation among participating States ahead of Astana Summit
Publishing date: 15 November 2010
VIENNA, 15 November 2010- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan's Foreign Minister and Secretary of State, Kanat Saudabayev, urged the States today to work constructively on a document to be agreed on at the 1-2 December OSCE Summit in Astana...
Ukraine deputy Foreign Minister outlines bid to chair OSCE in 2013
Publishing date: 11 November 2010
VIENNA, 11 November 2010- Ukraine is ready to put its expertise and experience at the service of the OSCE, both by playing a constructive role at the upcoming OSCE Summit and as potential chairmanship country in 2013...
OSCE Chairperson supports counter-drugs training course for Afghan police officers
Publishing date: 10 November 2010
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 10 November 2010- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan's Foreign Minister and Secretary of State Kanat Saudabayev, stressed the importance of tackling drug problems and security issues in Afghanistan...
Armenian students discuss migration and trafficking at Model OSCE organized by OSCE Office in Yerevan
Publishing date: 5 November 2010
YEREVAN, 5 November 2010- Armenian students began a session of a Model OSCE Permanent Council today with discussions of trafficking and migration matters...
OSCE Centre holds human rights law lectures at Turkmenistan Institute of International Relations
Publishing date: 4 November 2010
ASHGABAT, 4 November 2010- A series of lectures on international human rights law, organized by the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat and attended by 35 students at the Foreign Ministry's Institute of International Relations, ends tomorrow...
OSCE and Council of Europe support development of mechanisms to prevent torture, ill-treatment in detention in Ukraine
Publishing date: 2 November 2010
ODESSA, Ukraine, 2 November, 2010- The Third East European Conference on national mechanisms to prevent torture and ill-treatment in detention, co-hosted by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU), started in the southern Ukrainian city...