News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission was not targeted, concludes Independent Forensic Investigation into tragic incident of 23 April 2017
Publishing date: 7 September 2017
VIENNA, 7 September 2017 – The Independent Forensic Investigation (IFI) team today presented its report to the Permanent Council of the OSCE on the tragic incident of 23 April 2017, when an OSCE armoured vehicle was struck by an explosion resulting in the death of an OSCE paramedic. The IFI team was assembled and deployed by the International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission at the request of the OSCE...
Press Statement of Special Representative of OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Ambassador Martin Sajdik after meeting of Trilateral Contact Group on 6 September 2017
Publishing date: 7 September 2017
MINSK, 7 September 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 6 September 2017:...
OSCE supports regional conference on integrated water resources management in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 7 September 2017
An OSCE-supported regional conference on transboundary water co-operation in Central Asia took place on 7 September 2017 in Almaty, Kazakhstan...
OSCE Guidebook on Intelligence-Led Policing promoted in Skopje
Publishing date: 7 September 2017
The OSCE Guidebook on Intelligence-Led Policing (ILP) was promoted on 6 September 2017 in Skopje, during a regional event which brought together some 50 representatives of the public security sector from South-Eastern European countries...
Tajik and Afghan border officers complete OSCE training-of-trainers course
Publishing date: 7 September 2017
Twenty-one officers of the Tajik Border Troops and Afghan Border Police successfully completed a three-week training-of-trainers course on 6 September 2017 organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission Chief Monitor calls for safe and unhindered freedom of movement for SMM
Publishing date: 6 September 2017
KYIV, 6 September 2017 – The Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, Ertugrul Apakan, today called on the sides involved in the conflict in eastern Ukraine to respect the freedom of movement of the OSCE SMM monitors...
Greening economy, partnerships and trust crucial to future of security in OSCE region, say participants at OSCE Forum in Prague
Publishing date: 6 September 2017
PRAGUE, 6 September 2017 – Greening the economy and building partnerships and trust are the key to greater security and stability in the OSCE region, highlighted participants in the 25th OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum which opened today in Prague...