News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Special Representative calls for redoubled efforts against modern-day slavery on Anti-Trafficking Day
Publishing date: 18 October 2012
VIENNA, 18 October 2012 – The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, called for new approaches in the fight against the growing problem of modern-day slavery on the occasion of the European Union Anti-Trafficking Day today...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports efforts to protect minority rights
Publishing date: 18 October 2012
SKOPJE, 18 October 2012 – The efforts and challenges faced in implementing and protecting minority rights in the Balkans are the focus of an OSCE-supported regional conference that started in Skopje today...
OSCE supports nationwide discussion on implementing comprehensive anti-trafficking law in Ukraine
Publishing date: 18 October 2012
KYIV, 18 October 2012 – A national roundtable discussion on implementing Ukraine’s law on combating trafficking in human beings started in Kyiv today with support from the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU)...
Fighting illicit drug supply to young people focus of OSCE conference in Vienna
Publishing date: 18 October 2012
VIENNA, 18 October 2012- Cutting the supply of illicit drugs to young people is the focus of an OSCE-organized conference which started in Vienna today...
OSCE High Commissioner discusses national minority issues in Hungary and Slovakia
Publishing date: 17 October 2012
The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Knut Vollebaek visited Hungary and Slovakia from 8 to 11 October 2012 to discuss bilateral issues between the two countries related to national minority matters, including citizenship...
Greater awareness key to human trafficking prevention, says OSCE Mission in Kosovo
Publishing date: 17 October 2012
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 17 October 2012 – On the occasion of European Anti-Trafficking Day, today representatives of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo called for greater awareness of the threat of human trafficking. The appeal was made during a presentation of selected poems and essays written by high school students from different Kosovo communities on this topic...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports conflict prevention and mediation in schools
Publishing date: 17 October 2012
SKOPJE, 17 October 2012 – Exchanging best practices and experience in conflict resolution and mediation in schools is the aim of an OSCE-supported regional conference that started in Ohrid today...