News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Election observation must be impartial and non-politicized to be credible, ODIHR Director says at high-level discussion
Publishing date: 5 October 2011
For international election observation to be credible and effective, it must be impartial and non-politicized, Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) said at a high-level panel discussion...
OSCE Chairmanship, at Geneva Discussions, calls for greater freedom of movement
Publishing date: 4 October 2011
GENEVA, 4 October 2011 –The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for Protracted Conflicts, Giedrius Čekuolis, today highlighted the progress in the three years of the Geneva talks, especially through the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanisms, where security issues faced by the people affected by the August 2008 conflict in Georgia are discussed and resolved...
OSCE Centre in Ashgabat supports training course to prevent human trafficking among vulnerable groups
Publishing date: 4 October 2011
ASHGABAT, 4 October 2011 – Twenty-five social workers from Turkmenistan’s regions participated in an OSCE-supported training course on preventing the trafficking of persons with disabilities that concluded in Ashgabat today...
OSCE contributes to Kyrgyzstan’s efforts in preventing extremism and radicalization through community policing
Publishing date: 4 October 2011
BISHKEK, 4 October 2011 – A two-day workshop on how community policing can help counter violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism, organized by the OSCE Secretariat and the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, in co-operation with Kyrgyzstan’s Interior Ministry, started today in Bishkek...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports national efforts to assist street children
Publishing date: 4 October 2011
The OSCE Mission to Skopje is holding a series of one-day regional workshops to promote co-operation between the Interior Ministry and the Labour and Social Policy Ministry in dealing with and assisting street children...
OSCE Chairperson urges BiH politicians to form government
Publishing date: 3 October 2011
VILNIUS, 3 October 2011 – On the first anniversary of the elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, today urged leading Bosnia and Herzegovina’s politicians and parties to continue their efforts to form a new state government...
OSCE media freedom representative calls on Italian Parliament to protect freedom of expression by amending law on electronic surveillance
Publishing date: 3 October 2011
VIENNA, 3 October 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today called on Italian parliamentarians to further revise a draft law on electronic surveillance to bring it in line with international standards on freedom of expression and OSCE media freedom commitments...