News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE, partners launch project to fight climate change effects in Dniester/Nistru basin
Publishing date: 9 July 2013
CHISINAU, 10 July 2013 – Developing a climate-change adaptation strategy for the Dniester/Nistru basin and a joint response action plan for governments of Moldova and Ukraine are the focus of a new joint three-year project officially launched today at an event in Chisinau...
OSCE provides equipment for training environmental inspectors in Ukraine
Publishing date: 1 July 2013
The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU) has donated equipment to the newly established Training Center of the country’s State Environmental Inspectorate...
CIS Executive Secretary says co-operation must be strengthened in building security community, addressing transnational threats, observing elections
Publishing date: 27 June 2013
VIENNA, 27 June 2013- The Executive Secretary of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Sergey Lebedev, in his address to the OSCE Permanent Council today, highlighted the need to step up co-operation between international organizations in building a security community, addressing transnational threats, including in the context of “Afghanistan post-2014”, and observing elections...
Barriers to freedom of movement, missing persons, water provision in focus at Geneva International Discussions co-chaired by Ukraine
Publishing date: 26 June 2013
GENEVA, 26 June 2013 – Addressing the negative impact of fencing activities along the Administrative Boundary Line was the main topic which dominated the deliberations of the 24th meeting of the Geneva International Discussions today co-chaired by the OSCE Chair’s Special Representative for conflicts, Ambassador Andrii Deshchytsia...
ODIHR supports Ukrainian parliament’s Commissioner for Human Rights in protecting and promoting women’s rights
Publishing date: 25 June 2013
Strategies for advancing women’s rights and gender equality in Ukraine were highlighted by experts from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) at a workshop for officials from the office of the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights, in Kyiv on 25 June 2013...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine supports exchange of experience on human rights protection through constitutional justice
Publishing date: 20 June 2013
YALTA, Ukraine, 20 June 2013- Ways of protecting the rights of individuals through constitutional justice are the focus of an international conference that started in Yalta in the south of the country, today with the support of OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU)...
Collective effort, political commitment required to address conflicts, transnational threats, say participants at OSCE Annual Security Review Conference
Publishing date: 19 June 2013
Finding common responses to security threats and challenges as the Organization moves towards a Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian security community was the topic of the OSCE Annual Security Review Conference that started in Vienna on 19 June 2013...