News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Special Representative calls for more co-operation to prevent human trafficking in Mediterranean
Publishing date: 8 February 2013
ROME, 8 February 2013 – The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, called for greater dialogue and co-operation among Mediterranean States at a seminar today on human trafficking in the region...
OSCE Chairperson meets Minsk Group Co-Chairs on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement
Publishing date: 5 February 2013
The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara, met the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Ambassadors Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Jacques Faure of France, and Ian Kelly of the United States as well as the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, on 5 February 2013 to discuss the progress towards settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes Gongadze conviction, calls for further investigations
Publishing date: 30 January 2013
VIENNA, 30 January 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today welcomed the conviction of the murderer of Ukrainian journalist Georgyi Gongadze, while urging the authorities to continue to pursue the instigators of this crime...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine signs co-operation agreement with Human Rights Commissioner
Publishing date: 28 January 2013
KYIV, 28 January 2013 – The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine, Ambassador Madina Jarbussynova, and the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights, Valeriya Lutkovska, signed a Memorandum on Co-operation in Kyiv today...
On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, OSCE Chair urges renewed efforts to fight intolerance, stressing importance of youth human rights education
Publishing date: 26 January 2013
KYIV, 27 January 2013 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara, marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day today with a call to honour the victims with renewed efforts to fight intolerance, discrimination and hate crimes...
OSCE Mission to BiH head stresses need to work together to end misery and pain caused by trafficking
Publishing date: 23 January 2013
SARAJEVO, 23 January 2013 – Fletcher M. Burton, Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, speaking at conference on human trafficking, welcomed efforts to improve BiH’s response to combat this crime by improving criminal legislation at all four levels...
On anniversary of Elysée Treaty, OSCE Chair stresses the importance of confidence building and promoting reconciliation
Publishing date: 22 January 2013
CHISINAU, 22 January 2013 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara, speaking on today’s 50th anniversary of the Elysée Treaty between Germany and France, underlined its historic importance in reconciliation in Europe and stressed that it should inspire greater efforts in confidence building throughout the OSCE region...