News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Value of professional and ethical standards highlighted at OSCE/ODIHR workshop for parliamentarians from South-Eastern Europe
Publishing date: 6 March 2013
Twenty-five parliamentarians and experts from OSCE participating States in South-Eastern Europe discussed professional and ethical standards for parliamentarians, as well as benefits and challenges of creating a code of conduct for them at a workshop in Warsaw on 5 and 6 March 2013...
OSCE/ODIHR supports dialogue on promoting women’s participation in politics in Ukraine
Publishing date: 6 March 2013
Measures to promote women’s political participation in Ukraine were highlighted at a discussion in the Ukrainian capital organized by the Kyiv Dialogue Forum and supported by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on 5 and 6 March 2013...
OSCE, EU, European Broadcasting Union discuss ways to improve relations between public service media and citizens
Publishing date: 6 March 2013
Relations between public service media and citizens was the topic of an OSCE-supported regional conference that took place in Podgorica on 5 and 6 March 2013...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports debate on media coverage of local elections
Publishing date: 6 March 2013
The OSCE Mission to Skopje supported a discussion on 6 March 2013 on party-political and inter-ethnic issues in the media coverage ahead of the 24 March local elections...
ODIHR meeting examines role of monitoring in ensuring respect for human rights of security sector personnel
Publishing date: 5 March 2013
The importance of monitoring the armed forces to ensure that the human rights of security sector personnel are protected was the focus of a two-day meeting in Warsaw, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on 4 and 5 March 2013...
Confidence- and security-building on agenda at OSCE Implementation and Assessment Meeting in Vienna
Publishing date: 5 March 2013
The 23rd Annual Implementation and Assessment Meeting will take place in Vienna from 5 to 6 March 2013 to review how confidence- and security-building measures (CSBMs) are being implemented...
Press Release by the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group
Publishing date: 4 March 2013
PARIS, 4 March 2013- The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Ambassadors Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Jacques Faure of France, and Ian Kelly of the United States of America) met on March 2 with the Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan, Elmar Mammadyarov, and on March 3 with the Foreign Minister of Armenia, Edward Nalbandian. The Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, also participated in the meetings.