News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE promotes co-operation in demilitarization, explosive hazards reduction and explosive ordnance disposal in Central Asia
Publishing date: 21 November 2012
ASTANA, 21 November 2012 – A two-day OSCE conference “Technical Co-operation on Explosive Hazards Reduction and Response in Central Asia” started in Astana today...
OSCE, EU enhance Armenian journalists’ skills to cover elections
Publishing date: 21 November 2012
TSAKHKADZOR, Armenia, 21 November 2012 –– The role of the media in elections, the importance of impartial and quality reporting on elections and the techniques to directly involve voters through electronic and social media will be discussed at a training workshop that started today in Tsakhkadzor, Armenia...
OSCE supports comprehensive approach to justice sector reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 21 November 2012
Fletcher M. Burton, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, met on 20 November 2012 in Sarajevo with Milorad Novković, the President of the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council (HJPC) to discuss the longstanding co-operation between the OSCE Mission and the HJPC in promoting an independent, accountable, and efficient judiciary in the country...
Mongolia becomes the 57th participating State of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Publishing date: 20 November 2012
DUBLIN, 21 November 2012 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Eamon Gilmore, today announced that Mongolia has acceded to the OSCE, becoming the Organization’s 57th participating State...
ODIHR highlights role of parliamentary oversight in lawmaking at Belgrade workshop
Publishing date: 20 November 2012
The role of the parliament in better regulating the lawmaking process was the focus of a workshop in Belgrade on 19 and 20 November 2012, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Constitution and Legislative Issues Committee of the National Assembly of Serbia...
OSCE Mission to Serbia holds regional conference on judicial ethics and accountability
Publishing date: 20 November 2012
BELGRADE, 20 November 2012 – High-level judicial officials and experts from Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Slovenia shared experiences in applying ethical and disciplinary standards for judges and prosecutors at an OSCE conference that ended in Belgrade today...
