News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Moldova and ODIHR promote women’s inclusion in the security sector
Publishing date: 2 December 2011
CHIŞINĂU, 8 December 2011 – Gender equality and non-discrimination in security sector policies are the focus of a two-day training event held by the OSCE Mission to Moldova, in co-operation with the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR), that started today in Chişinău...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator assists development of remedy standards in human rights violation cases in Ukraine
Publishing date: 2 December 2011
A conference on state responsibilities and compensation standards in cases of human rights violations and mass torts was held in Kyiv on 2 December 2011, with support from the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU)...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo helps promote media self-regulation
Publishing date: 2 December 2011
A regional conference on media self-regulation for press councils, media institutions, journalists’ associations and academia organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo concluded on 2 December 2011 in Prishtinë/Priština...
OSCE holds course on international protection of human rights in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 2 December 2011
ASHGABAT, 2 December 2011 – More than 30 students at the Institute of International Relations under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan attended an OSCE-organized course on human rights and international relations that concluded in Ashgabat today...
OSCE promotes women’s political participation in Armenia
Publishing date: 2 December 2011
YEREVAN, 2 December 2011 – Measures to increase the number of women candidates nominated by Armenian political parties was the focus of a roundtable discussion organized today by the OSCE Office in Yerevan and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator hosts annual meeting on combating human trafficking for consular officials in Ukraine
Publishing date: 2 December 2011
KYIV, 2 December 2011- A roundtable discussion supported by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine to promote co-operation between the Ukrainian authorities and Kyiv-based embassies and consulates to prevent human trafficking was held today...
OSCE Centre promotes transparency in extractive industries
Publishing date: 2 December 2011
URALSK, Kazakhstan, 2 December 2011 – A two-day OSCE-supported seminar on effective ways for civil society and the media to interact with the government and private companies in implementing the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in Western Kazakhstan and the Caspian Sea region began today in Uralsk...