News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE supports discussion on how climate change affects food security in Eastern Europe
Publishing date: 27 May 2011
Experts and policy makers from Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine gathered on May 26, 2011 in Kyiv to discuss how food security in the region could be affected by climate change and what measures their governments should start implementing...
Implementation of European Court of Human Rights Armenia judgments focus of OSCE-supported conference
Publishing date: 27 May 2011
YEREVAN, 27 May 2011 – The execution of the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Armenia, as analysed in an OSCE-supported report, is the focus of an international conference in Yerevan today...
Identifying protection gaps, exploring ways to assist refugees, displaced and stateless persons focus of OSCE meeting
Publishing date: 27 May 2011
VIENNA, 27 May 2011 – Participants in an OSCE meeting on internally displaced persons (IDPs), refugees, returnees and stateless persons, discussed today recent examples of forced population movements, and how to resolve the plight of people affected and find sustainable solutions to displacement situations in the OSCE area...
OSCE Centre supports new media training for Kazakh-language journalists
Publishing date: 27 May 2011
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 27 May 2011- A two-day training event to improve Kazakh language journalists’ knowledge of the Internet and new media tools began today in Almaty...
OSCE human rights chief offers support for reforms in Morocco
Publishing date: 26 May 2011
RABAT, 26 May 2011- The Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, today concluded a two-day visit to Morocco, stressing that the OSCE's institutions are ready to consider requests for support for the country's ongoing reform efforts...
Joint statement on the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict, by the Presidents of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair Countries at the G-8 Summit
Publishing date: 26 May 2011
Deauville, France, 26 May 2011...
Chairperson of the OSCE Permanent Council calls on government and opposition in Georgia to engage in constructive dialogue
Publishing date: 26 May 2011
At the meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council on 26 May 2011 in Vienna, the Chairperson, Lithuanian ambassador Renatas Norkus, expressed his concern about the reports of violent incidents during demonstrations in Tbilisi and called for restraint by all sides...