News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission supports Moldovan delegation in their participation in International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s plenary meeting in Italy
Publishing date: 3 December 2018
The OSCE Mission to Moldova accompanied and supported a Moldovan delegation to the plenary meeting of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) held under the Alliance’s Italian Chairmanship in Ferrara, Italy, from 27 to 29 November 2018. The event brought together more than 200 experts and governmental representatives from around the world to discuss ways to promote Holocaust education, remembrance and research...
Central Asia Regional School on Multilingual and Multicultural Education organized by OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities opens in Almaty
Publishing date: 3 December 2018
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 3 December 2018 – Some 120 university lecturers, school managers, teachers, trainers and experts from all the Central Asian states, Mongolia and the wider region gathered in Almaty, Kazakhstan, today for the opening of the five-day Regional School on Multilingual and Multicultural Education for Integration and Sustainable Development. The annual event is organized by the office of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM), in co-operation with the ORLEU National Centre for Professional Development...
Introduction to improvised explosive devices regional course for specialists from Central Asia and Afghanistan conducted in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 3 December 2018
A five-day regional course, Introduction to Improvised Explosive Devices (I-IED), organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe in the framework of the Integrated Co-operation on Explosive Hazards Programme concluded on 30 November 2018 in Dushanbe.
Intercultural camp supported by OSCE Missions concludes in Brčko
Publishing date: 3 December 2018
The second OSCE-supported intercultural camp in Brčko was held from 29 November to 3 December 2018. The OSCE Mission to BiH, in partnership with the OSCE Mission to Serbia and the Education Department of the Brcko District government, organized the follow-up camp to heighten the participants’ awareness of their potential role in promoting civic education, human rights, inter-cultural dialogue, as well as in tackling peer violence and other security threats.
OSCE trains Tajik border officials on how to detect weapons of mass destruction
Publishing date: 3 December 2018
Forty frontline officers from Tajikistan’s Border Troops and Customs Service learned how to effectively detect and eliminate weapons of mass destruction at border checkpoints.
OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina launches report on ‘two schools under one roof’ concept as most visible example of discrimination in education
Publishing date: 3 December 2018
The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) presented a report titled ‘Two schools under one roof’: The Most Visible Example of Discrimination in Education in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 3 December 2018 in Sarajevo...
On International Day of Persons with Disabilities, OSCE/ODIHR Director underlines importance of making voting processes accessible for all
Publishing date: 3 December 2018
WARSAW, 3 December 2018 On the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), called on participating States to take measures to further ensure that electoral processes and information are accessible to persons with disabilities.