News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre provides ecology teaching aids to Tajik Ministry
Publishing date: 9 April 2008
DUSHANBE, 9 April 2008- The OSCE Centre in Dushanbe handed over today 8,500 copies of a text book on ecology of Tajikistan to the Education Ministry at an event organized together with the State Environment Protection Committee...
OSCE representative encourages Belarus to work closer with NGOs to combat human trafficking
Publishing date: 8 April 2008
MINSK, 8 April 2008- The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Human Trafficking, Eva Biaudet, encouraged the Belarus Government today to support NGOs working on protecting and assisting child victims of trafficking...
OSCE Mission to Skopje marks International Roma Day
Publishing date: 8 April 2008
SKOPJE, 8 April 2008- The Head of the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje, Ambassador Giorgio Radicati, called today for the inclusion of vulnerable communities in public policy...
OSCE to work with the Armenian Rescue Service to improve emergency preparedness
Publishing date: 8 April 2008
YEREVAN, 8 April 2008- The OSCE Office in Yerevan and the Armenian Rescue Service (ARS) signed an implementation agreement today that aims to improve the Public Information Centre of the Armenian Rescue Service...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator trains Ukrainian judiciary to combat human trafficking
Publishing date: 7 April 2008
KYIV, 7 April 2008- Helping the Ukrainian judiciary handle cases of human trafficking, prosecute the perpetrators and help ensure the victims' rights is the focus of a training course that started in the Ukrainian capital today...
Implementing UN convention on organized crime focus of OSCE Vienna meeting
Publishing date: 7 April 2008
VIENNA, 7 April 2008- Assisting OSCE participating States in implementing the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its protocols is the focus of a workshop that opened in Vienna today...
Nearly all aspects of Montenegro's presidential election in line with international standards, observers say
Publishing date: 7 April 2008
PODGORICA, 7 April 2008- Nearly all aspects of Montenegro's first post-independence presidential poll were in line with international standards for democratic elections, observers concluded in a joint statement issued today...