News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Experts and activists meet in Skopje to discuss political participation of people with disabilities
Publishing date: 22 June 2017
The stronger political engagement of people with disabilities at the national level and increased co-operation with organizations representing them were discussed during two events organized in Skopje this week by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in co-operation with the OSCE Mission to Skopje...
Press Statement of Special Representative of OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Sajdik after meeting of Trilateral Contact Group on 21 June 2017
Publishing date: 22 June 2017
MINSK, 22 June 2017 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), Ambassador Martin Sajdik, made the following statement to the press after the meeting of the TCG and its working groups in Minsk on 21 June 2017...
OSCE concludes training for judges on environmental issues in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 22 June 2017
The OSCE Programme Office in Astana supported the second of two training seminars on the judicial application of environmental legislation in civil and economic cases, which was held in Astana on 22 June 2017...
When women make progress, all of society makes progress, says Chairperson-in-Office Special Representative on Gender Issues during visit to Ukraine
Publishing date: 22 June 2017
The OSCE Special Representative of the Chairperson-in-Office on Gender Issues, Ambassador Melanne Verveer, concluded a visit to Ukraine on 17 June 2017. The visit was organized by the Austrian OSCE Chairmanship, the Office of the Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine and the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine...
Moldovan army officers trained to securely handle conventional ammunition during OSCE-supported six-week course
Publishing date: 22 June 2017
A total of 26 Moldovan army officers and representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Justice and the Security and Intelligence Service successfully graduated from a six-week training course on 21 June 2017 supported by the OSCE Mission to Moldova. The course was held in Chisinau and delivered by Moldovan army officers with assistance from Austrian and German trainers...
Collective Security Treaty Organization to build on existing co-operation with OSCE, representatives say
Publishing date: 22 June 2017
The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) intends to build on existing co-operation to expand its relations with the OSCE in areas including countering violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism, said speakers at the Forum for Security Co-operation held on 21 June 2017 in Vienna...
Press Communiqué of Co-Chairs of Geneva International Discussions
Publishing date: 21 June 2017
GENEVA, Switzerland, 21 June 2017- The participants in the 40th round of the Geneva International Discussions (GID) just completed their work. In both working groups, wide-ranging and useful discussions took place...