News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Skopje trains state co-ordinators on gender equality
Publishing date: 30 October 2008
SKOPJE, 30 October 2008-State co-ordinators for equal opportunities, appointed in all government ministries, will be trained on gender equality and mainstreaming in policy formulation at a two-day workshop launched in Mavrovo today...
OSCE hosts police expert meeting on combating cybercrime
Publishing date: 30 October 2008
VIENNA, 30 October 2008- Fighting the threat of cyber crime is the focus of an OSCE conference for policing experts that began in Vienna today...
OSCE Centre supports discussion to improve oil spill response strategies in the Caspian
Publishing date: 29 October 2008
AKTAU, Kazakhstan, 29 October 2008- Increasing the national capacity to respond to oil spills in the Caspian Sea region is the topic of a three-day workshop that started in the western oil port city of Aktau today...
Joint OSCE-UNEP assessment report on environmental impact of recent conflict in Georgia released
Publishing date: 28 October 2008
VIENNA, 28 October 2008- The Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities released on Monday a final report of a joint OSCE-UNEP mission to assess the environmental impacts of the recent conflict in Georgia...
OSCE helps promote confidence- and security-building measures in Central Asia
Publishing date: 28 October 2008
ALMATY, 28 October 2008- Further enhancing confidence- and security-building measures and promoting military co-operation outlined in the 1999 OSCE Vienna Document are the focus of a training seminar that started in Almaty today...
OSCE countries and Mediterranean partners discuss regional security
Publishing date: 27 October 2008
AMMAN, 27 October 2008- How the OSCE's approach to security and new challenges can be applied outside the Organization's region is the focus of a conference with the OSCE's participating States and its Mediterranean partner countries that began today...
Joint declaration of women parliamentarians calls for 30 per cent female representation in South-Eastern Europe parliaments
Publishing date: 27 October 2008
TIRANA, 27 October 2008- Female parliamentarians from South-Eastern Europe urged their respective parliaments and governments to adopt electoral codes to guarantee at least 30 per cent of seats for women candidates...