News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Latest from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 19:30, 22 March 2017
Publishing date: 23 March 2017
The SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions compared with the previous reporting period. It corroborated a report of a civilian casualty in Yasynuvata. The Mission monitored the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske, but its access there and elsewhere remained restricted.* The SMM noted long queues at entry-exit checkpoints in Stanytsia Luhanska, Olenivka, Berezove and Novotroitske. It monitored a border area currently not controlled by the Government. The Mission continued to monitor the blockade of railway routes across the contact line. The SMM monitored protests outside banks in Kyiv and Zaporizhzhia, and followed up reports of vandalism against a bank in Ternopil...
Women’s perspectives on security policy debated at OSCE PA conference in Vienna
Publishing date: 23 March 2017
VIENNA, 23 March 2017 – Improving the level of engagement of women in discussions on security, including conflict resolution and addressing violent extremism, was in focus today at a day-long conference hosted by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly at the Austrian Parliament in Vienna...
Good practices in managing postponement of removal or voluntary return of irregular migrants focus of OSCE/ODIHR event in Riga
Publishing date: 23 March 2017
Good practices for managing situations where the removal or voluntary return of irregular migrants has been postponed, as well as ensuring the rights of such persons, were discussed at the conference co-hosted by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Riga on 22 and
Military aspects of cyber security in focus of the joint meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation and the Permanent Council in Vienna
Publishing date: 23 March 2017
VIENNA, 23 March 2017 – The importance of joint efforts at the global level to reduce the risks of conflict stemming from the use of information and communication technologies was debated at the joint session of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC), currently under Romania’s Chairmanship, and the Permanent Council held yesterday in Vienna...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and OSCE Secretary General condemn heinous attacks in London
Publishing date: 22 March 2017
VIENNA, 22 March 2017 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Austria’s Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz and OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier today condemned the abject attacks in London, offering their sincere condolences to the families and friends of those killed, and wishing those hurt and caught up in the incidents a rapid recovery...
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Muttonen condemns attack at UK Parliament
Publishing date: 22 March 2017
COPENHAGEN, 22 March 2017 – Following an attack today near the British Houses of Parliament, which is reportedly being treated as “a terrorist incident” by the London police, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Christine Muttonen (MP, Austria) issued the following statement...
Brussels event, co-organized by OSCE/ODIHR, focuses on protection of human rights defenders, including role of international organizations
Publishing date: 22 March 2017
More than 70 human rights defenders gathered in Brussels from 20 to 22 March 2017 to discuss how to strengthen regional networks of human rights defenders in the Western Balkans, Eastern Europe and Turkey, at an event organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), in partnership with the European Parliament.