News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Legacy of OSCE LIVE: Trained facilitators meet in Vienna to launch Community of Practice on Preventing Violent Extremism
Publishing date: 22 June 2022
To celebrate the multi-annual OSCE Leaders against Intolerance and Violent Extremism (LIVE) initiative, the OSCE Transnational Threats Department’s Action against Terrorism Unit (TNTD/ATU) hosted a 2-day in-person workshop for facilitators in Central Asia and South-Eastern Europe trained under the LIVE initiative in Vienna on 21-22 June.
Social entrepreneurship focus of OSCE-organized seminar in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 20 June 2022
Social entrepreneurship, best practices and lessons learnt were discussed during an OSCE-organized online seminar in Ashgabat on 20 and 21 June 2022. The seminar brought together representatives from the Ministry of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations, Ministry of Finance and Economy of
OSCE Secretary General condemns use of sexual violence as weapon of war, urges for international support to survivors
Publishing date: 19 June 2022
VIENNA, 19 June 2022 – Today, on the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid called for an urgent end to the use of rape and other sexual crimes as a tactic of war in Ukraine and elsewhere in the OSCE region and beyond.
Joint statement by the OSCE Troika and the OSCE Secretary General
Publishing date: 17 June 2022
OHRID, 17 June 2022 – We, the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Sweden, Poland, and North Macedonia, as the previous, current and incoming Chairpersons-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), joined with the OSCE Secretary General in this statement on the occasion of the second edition of the Prespа Forum Dialogue (PFD).
2022 OSCE Asian Conference participants discuss opportunities to strengthen security and co-operation between Europe and Asia
Publishing date: 15 June 2022
VIENNA, 15 June 2022 – Participants at the 2022 OSCE Asian Conference discussed synergies and opportunities for co-operation with a particular focus on the role of women in building confidence, peace and security, on climate‑related challenges to security and on the role of civil society today. Hosted by Sweden, the 2022 OSCE Asian Partners for Co-operation Group Chair, the conference was held both online and in person from Vienna.
OSCE supports BiH HJPC conferences of chief prosecutors and court presidents
Publishing date: 8 June 2022
The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (Mission) supported the Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council (HJPC) conferences of chief prosecutors and of court presidents, organized in Teslić on 7 and 8 June. During these conferences, representatives of the BiH judiciary discussed the fight against corruption and organized crime, the appointment and accountability of judicial office holders, judicial efficiency, and other challenges they face.
OSCE supports Uzbekistan’s efforts to combat the financing of terrorism
Publishing date: 7 June 2022
On 3 June 2022, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan (PCUz) in co operation with the Eurasian Group on Combating Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism (EAG) and the Uzbek Prosecutor General’s Office organized an international scientific-practical conference themed “Legalization of the Proceeds of Criminal Activities and Financing of Terrorism: Modern Threats and Current Issues of Combating them”.