News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
32nd IPRM meeting takes place in Ergneti
Publishing date: 19 March 2013
ERGNETI, 18 March 2013- On 18 March the 32nd meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism took place in Ergneti, co-facilitated by the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office's Special representative on conflicts Ambassador Andrii Deshchytsia, and the Head of the EUMM, Ambassador Andrzej Tyszkiewicz...
New UK press regulator could pose a threat to freedom of expression, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 18 March 2013
VIENNA, 18 March 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, expressed concern today about an agreement to establish an agency to regulate print media in the UK...
OSCE-Australia conference focuses on security of women and girls
Publishing date: 18 March 2013
An OSCE conference on improving security of women and girls, promoting the economic empowerment of women and combatting all forms of human trafficking started in Adelaide in southern Australia on 18 March 2013...
OSCE Mission to Serbia Head calls for respect, civility in democratic debate
Publishing date: 15 March 2013
BELGRADE, 15 March 2013- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Peter Burkhard, today called for respect and civility in public dialogue after a debate organized with the assistance of the OSCE Mission was disrupted...
OSCE Special Representative stresses victims’ rights at Krakow conference on trafficking in human beings
Publishing date: 15 March 2013
The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, said at a judicial training seminar in Krakow, Poland on 14 March 2013 that trafficked people’s legal rights must be upheld and given the same importance as punishing perpetrators in court...
OSCE Centre holds discussion on Kazakhstan’s new criminal procedure legislation
Publishing date: 15 March 2013
AK-BULAK, Kazakhstan, 15 March 2013 – A roundtable discussion supported by the OSCE Centre in Astana on the reform of the Criminal Procedure Code of Kazakhstan began today in Ak-Bulak near Almaty...
OSCE Secretary General meets Azerbaijani President, Foreign Minister in Baku
Publishing date: 15 March 2013
BAKU, 15 March 2013 – OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier met Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov in Baku today...