News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Office in Yerevan encourages sensitive reporting on religious issues
Publishing date: 5 August 2011
TSAKHKADZOR, Armenia, 5 August 2011 – A three-day OSCE-supported workshop for Armenian journalists on national legislation and international human rights standards on freedom of religion or belief began today in Tsakhkadzor...
OSCE supports efficient water use in schools and universities in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 5 August 2011
BISHKEK, 5 August 2011 – Water meters have been installed in 14 schools and university campuses in Bishkek as part of a joint OSCE/Regional Ecological Centre for Central Asia (CAREC) initiative to improve the use of scarce water resources...
OSCE Office helps to prevent domestic violence in Azerbaijan’s regions
Publishing date: 4 August 2011
MASALLY, Azerbaijan, 5 August 2011 – The OSCE Office in Baku, in co-operation with the State Committee on Family, Women and Children’s Affairs, organized a discussion today on the role of local communities in preventing domestic violence in Masally, in the southern district of Azerbaijan. Participants from surrounding districts also participated in the event...
OSCE supports women in conflict prevention and reconciliation efforts in southern Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 3 August 2011
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 3 August 2011 – A co-operation agreement between women community leaders, the community police, healthcare and education structures and the Mayor’s Office was signed today in Osh in the framework of an OSCE project on gender issues and conflict prevention in southern Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE supports raising awareness on human rights and environment for Ukrainian youth
Publishing date: 3 August 2011
A summer camp for children and youth to raise awareness of environmental and human-rights issues, organized by the Ukrainian Youth Association and supported by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU) was launched on August 1, 2011 in Lviv region in western Ukraine...
OSCE human rights chief expresses concern over proposed restrictions on freedom of assembly in Belarus
Publishing date: 2 August 2011
WARSAW, 2 August 2011 – Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), today expressed concern about a proposal by the Belarusian Council of Ministers to introduce further restrictions on the freedom of peaceful assembly...
OSCE Mission to Montenegro regrets non-adoption of amendments to Election Law
Publishing date: 1 August 2011
PODGORICA, 1 August 2011 – The Acting Head of OSCE Mission to Montenegro, Waldemar Figaj, said today he regretted that the amendments to the Law on Election were again not adopted within the deadline of 31 July...