News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE supports discussion on establishing a torture prevention mechanism in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 14 March 2013
The OSCE Centre in Astana jointly with the Committee on Legislation and Judicial Reform of the Mazhilis (the lower Chamber of Parliament) and the Penal Reform International Office in Central Asia organized a roundtable discussion on 14 March 2013 on a draft law to establish a National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) against torture in Kazakhstan...
Security sector reform focus of OSCE-supported training in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 14 March 2013
SARAJEVO, 14 March 2013 – An introductory course on security sector reform, co-organized by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Armed Forces of BiH Joint Staff and the Centre for Security Studies ended in Sarajevo today...
Head of OSCE Mission to Moldova visits neighbouring towns on both banks
Publishing date: 14 March 2013
The Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, Ambassador Jennifer Brush, visited two towns across the Dniestr/Nistru river- Rybnitsa on the left bank and Rezina, on the right bank of the river, on 13 March 2013...
OSCE supports discussion on establishing torture prevention mechanism in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 14 March 2013
The OSCE Centre in Astana jointly with the Committee on Legislation and Judicial Reform of the Mazhilis (the lower Chamber of Parliament) and the Penal Reform International Office in Central Asia organized a roundtable discussion on 14 March 2013 on a draft law to establish a National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) against torture in Kazakhstan...
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister in his address to OSCE outlines Russia’s priorities
Publishing date: 14 March 2013
VIENNA, 14 March 2013 – Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexey Meshkov in his address to the OSCE Permanent Council today outlined key priorities of Russia in the Organization in creating a system of “equal and indivisible security”...
OSCE Centre in Astana helps promote oil spills prevention, preparedness and response
Publishing date: 14 March 2013
Jeannette Kloetzer, the Deputy Head of the OSCE Centre in Astana, spoke at a conference on industrial safety and oil spill prevention, preparedness and response in Almaty, Kazakhstan on 14 March 2013...
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities marks 20 years of conflict prevention
Publishing date: 14 March 2013
The institution of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities marked its 20th anniversary in The Hague on 7 and 8 March 2013...