News and press releases

ATYRAU, Kazakhstan, 4 April 2012 – Promoting the Aarhus Convention with a special focus on public participation in water and environmental programmes in western Kazakhstan was the topic of a roundtable discussion held in Atyrau today...

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia, 3 April 2012 – OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier emphasized today in Jeddah the importance of increased dialogue between the OSCE and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to address key security issues...

UNITED NATIONS, 3 April 2012 – Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, the ODIHR Director, today welcomed the launch of the Declaration of Global Principles for Nonpartisan Election Observation and Monitoring by Citizen Organizations at a ceremony at the United Nations Headquarters in New York...

Research on water quality and fish fauna in the Dniester River, supported by the OSCE Office of the Co-ordinator of Economic and Environmental Activities in partnership with the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), was published on 27 March 2012. The research points to declining water quality towards the mouth of the Dniester, while fish species have halved over the past decade...

The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Knut Vollebaek visited Lithuania from 27 to 28 March and Poland from 29 to 30 March 2012...

Advanced-level training on “Techniques and Tactics for Maintaining and Restoring Public Peace and Order” for 30 participants from the Interior Ministry’s Special Units Department was organized by the OSCE Mission to Skopje, in co-operation with the French Embassy in Skopje, from 2 to 6 April 2012...

ASHGABAT, 2 April 2012 – Prevention of money-laundering by applying international mechanisms, tools and best practices is the focus of an OSCE-supported workshop for experts and civil servants that opened in Ashgabat today...