News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE promotes modern practices in maritime checkpoint screening procedures in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 5 August 2022
An OSCE-organized training course on passenger and vehicle screening procedures at a maritime checkpoint took place in Ashgabat from 1 to 5 August 2022. The agenda of the five-day online event included sessions on modern practices in port control procedures and security management operations at
OSCE Chairman-in-Office and Secretary General announce OSCE Secretariat Extra-Budgetary support programme for Ukraine
Publishing date: 3 August 2022
KYIV, 3 August 2022- During their visit to Kyiv, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office and Poland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Zbigniew Rau, and OSCE Secretary General, Helga Maria Schmid have announced a new OSCE Secretariat Extra-Budgetary Support Programme for Ukraine.
OSCE continues efforts to prevent and combat gender-based violence in South Eastern Europe
Publishing date: 3 August 2022
The OSCE Transnational Threats Department's Strategic Police Matters Unit (TNTD/SPMU) organized a regional training-of-trainer course on gender-sensitive policing of violence against women and girls (VAWG) from 25 to 29 July 2022 in Warsaw, Poland.
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities focuses on inter-ethnic relations and regional co-operation in visit to Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 2 August 2022
On his official visit to Uzbekistan from 28 July to 2 August 2022, the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Kairat Abdrakhmanov met representatives of the national and regional authorities and civil society in the Tashkent and Fergana regions to discuss inter-ethnic relations and regional co-operation.
OSCE supports regional explosive ordnance disposal course for specialists from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 2 August 2022
Eighteen specialists from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan completed a three-week regional Explosive Ordnance Disposal course (EOD level 1) at the Regional Explosive Hazards Training Centre (REHTC) of Tajikistan’s Ministry of Defence in Chimteppa, on 29 July 2022.
Remembering the Roma genocide goes beyond commemoration to fight today’s intolerance, OSCE human rights head says
Publishing date: 2 August 2022
WARSAW, 2 August 2022 – Governments need to go beyond their responsibility to remember the Roma and Sinti genocide of 1944 to ensure that school curricula and other educational initiatives engage with young people to discuss the potentially dangerous consequences of racist ideologies, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) said on today’s Roma Genocide Remembrance Day.
Statement by the OSCE Mission to BiH on the recent insults directed against women politicians based on their physical appearance
Publishing date: 1 August 2022
The OSCE Mission to BiH supports the crucial role of political parties in creating an enabling environment for women in politics.