News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Judicial handling of trafficking cases in Kosovo a concern, says OSCE Mission
Publishing date: 30 October 2007
PRISTINA, 30 October 2007- Kosovo has made progress with efforts to fight trafficking, but improvements in the way trafficking cases are handled by the judiciary are still needed, according to an OSCE Mission report published today...
Georgian Prime Minister welcomes OSCE's role in conflict resolution
Publishing date: 30 October 2007
VIENNA, 30 October 2007- Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Nogaideli told the OSCE's Permanent Council today that his country welcomed the Organization's role in efforts to resolve the Georgian-Ossetian conflict...
OSCE Chairman meets Secretary of State Rice and Helsinki Commission, says U.S. role vital
Publishing date: 29 October 2007
WASHINGTON, 29 October 2007- The U.S. contribution to the OSCE is as vital to the Organization as ever, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, said today after talks with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice...
OSCE promotes religious dialogue at Bishkek conference
Publishing date: 29 October 2007
BISHKEK, 29 October 2007- The freedom of religion and consciousness and the role of religious organizations in Kyrgyzstan were discussed at an OSCE conference in Bishkek today...
OSCE conference in Vilnius calls for zero tolerance, more co-operation to fight human trafficking
Publishing date: 26 October 2007
VILNIUS, 26 October 2007- Co-ordinated and concerted action from governments, the media and other actors is urgently needed to curb human trafficking, said participants from OSCE countries at a conference in Vilnius that ends today...
OSCE crucial for Montenegro's success, Foreign Minister says
Publishing date: 25 October 2007
VIENNA, 25 October 2007- The OSCE has played an "immeasurable" role in Montenegro's success since independence, the country's Foreign Minister, Milan Rocen, said in an address to the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna today...
Participants of OSCE conference in Dushanbe adopt statement on transit transport
Publishing date: 24 October 2007
DUSHANBE, 24 October 2007- The delegations of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Mongolia, participating in a conference on the prospects for trans-Asian and Eurasian transit transport development, adopted a joint statement today...