News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Three decades and ready for the future: the OSCE’s human rights office marks its 30th anniversary
Publishing date: 14 October 2021
WARSAW/STOCKHOLM, 14 October 2021 – Thirty years ago, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) was established. Its mandate is to assist the countries of the OSCE region in strengthening democratic institutions and the rule of law, and in respecting human rights. Over the next two days, over 500 participants will gather in person and online to discuss the ODIHR’s achievements and its role in finding lasting solutions to the challenges faced across the OSCE region.
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 240/2021 issued on 13 October 2021
Publishing date: 13 October 2021
Summary In Donetsk region, the SMM recorded 244 ceasefire violations, including 73 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 220 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded 134 ceasefire violations, including 16 explosions. In the previous reporting
Press Communiqué of the Co-Chairs of the Geneva International Discussions
Publishing date: 13 October 2021
GENEVA, 13 October 2021- The 54th round of the Geneva International Discussions (GID) took place on 12 and 13 October 2021, with requisite COVID-19 pandemic measures in place. The GID process continues to serve as the primary venue in which the consequences of conflict are addressed as mandated by the six-point ceasefire agreement of 2008.
Press Statement of Special Representative Kinnunen after the regular Meeting of Trilateral Contact Group on 13 October 2021
Publishing date: 13 October 2021
KYIV, 13 October 2021 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), Ambassador Mikko Kinnunen, made the following statement to the press after the regular meetings of the TCG and its Working Groups held through video conferencing:
OSCE holds annual wrap-up roundtable discussion on non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 13 October 2021
On 7 and 8 October 2021, the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat organized a two-day online roundtable discussion on Turkmenistan’s 2018-2022 National Action Plan (NAP) and the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1540 on Effective Measures against the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction.
Continued dialogue and co-operation needed to sustain quality media and public-interest journalism, concludes 8th South-East Europe Media Conference
Publishing date: 13 October 2021
The eighth South-East Europe Media Conference on “Journalism in times of crisis”, organized jointly by the Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM) and the OSCE Presence in Albania, in collaboration with OSCE field operations from South-East Europe, concluded today.
Time release study: OSCE supports optimization of cross-border trade in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 13 October 2021
Over forty representatives of the State Customs Service under the Ministry of Economy and Finance of Kyrgyzstan and cross-border trade researchers were trained in how to accurately measure the duration of time for clearing goods at border checkpoints. The two-day workshop, organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, concluded on 13 October 2021 in Bishkek.