News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Statement on Ukraine election observer mission by leading OSCE observer
Publishing date: 3 July 2019
LUXEMBOURG, 3 July 2019 – Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland), who has been nominated to lead the short-term OSCE observer mission for the 21 July early parliamentary elections in Ukraine, today expressed regret that the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe will no longer be able to observe these elections following recent developments...
Press Communiqué of the Co-Chairs of the Geneva International Discussions
Publishing date: 3 July 2019
GENEVA, Switzerland, 3 July 2019- The 48th round of the Geneva International Discussions (GID) took place today...
OSCE supports roundtable discussion on solid and organic waste management in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 3 July 2019
The best practices in waste and landfill management technologies based on the example of two resort areas, Shchuchinsk-Borovskaya and Bayanaul, were the focus of an OSCE-supported roundtable discussion held in Nur-Sultan on 2 July 2019.
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan launches series of training courses for regional representatives of Women’s Committee
Publishing date: 3 July 2019
The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan is conducting a first in a series of new training courses for members of the Women`s Committee Central Apparatus and its regional representations. Thirty representatives of the Women’s Committee, from Tashkent city and the regions of Tashkent and Syrdarya are participating in the course from 2 to 4 July 2019 in Tashkent.
OSCE PA’s Voridis and Chambers address UN Security Council on parliamentary counter-terrorism efforts
Publishing date: 3 July 2019
NEW YORK, 2 July 2019 – In a briefing on the counter-terrorism work of parliamentarians before the United Nations Security Council’s Counter-Terrorism Committee, the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Makis Voridis and Lisa Chambers spoke about the role played by the Assembly in this field and ways to further the engagement of parliamentarians in countering terrorism...
OSCE supports bilateral co-operation on countering human trafficking between North Macedonia, Bulgaria and Greece
Publishing date: 3 July 2019
The OSCE Mission to Skopje supported a series of bilateral meetings that took place between North Macedonia and Bulgaria, most recently on 28 June 2019, to work out an agreement to set up more streamlined procedures and direct channels of communication to exchange information regarding trafficking cases...
OSCE participating States discuss how to leverage economic and environmental activities to foster dialogue, build trust and reduce tensions in OSCE region
Publishing date: 2 July 2019
VIENNA, 2 July 2019 – Leveraging economic and environmental activities to foster dialogue, build trust and reduce tensions, was the focus of a discussion held in Vienna today amongst OSCE participating States and experts from the field...