News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE supports training seminar on human rights protection in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 19 May 2016
An OSCE-supported two-day training seminar on human rights protection mechanisms for some 280 representatives of the government, students and civil society concluded in Aktobe, Kazakhstan on 19 May 2016...
OSCE Office promotes integrity of civil service and accountability among Armenia’s local self-governance bodies
Publishing date: 19 May 2016
A memorandum of understanding signed on 19 May 2016 by the OSCE Office in Yerevan, the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Development, and the Union of Government Employees NGO aims to enhance the transparency and accountability of the community civil service of Armenia’s municipalities, local self-government bodies, and to improve relevant legislation, bringing it in line with international standards to reduce corruption in public administration...
Female Border Officials from Afghanistan and Tajikistan attend OSCE-UNDP Border Management Awareness Course
Publishing date: 19 May 2016
DUSHANBE, 19 May 2016- Today seventeen female border professionals from Afghanistan and five border officials from Tajikistan graduated from a ten-day border management awareness course at the OSCE Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe, Tajikistan...
Law students hone their public presentation skills on legal aid at OSCE-supported training course in Moldova
Publishing date: 19 May 2016
The OSCE Mission to Moldova organized a follow-up training event Vadul-lui-Vodă on 13 and 14 May 2016 for 14 law students from Bălţi, Cahul, Chişinău and Comrat aimed at raising public awareness of state guaranteed legal aid in Moldova...
OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum Preparatory Meeting in Berlin highlights importance of good governance for stable economic development and security
Publishing date: 19 May 2016
BERLIN, 19 May 2016 – Co-operation on good governance is fundamental to strengthening economic stability and security said participants at the start of the two-day Second Preparatory Meeting of the Annual OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum, today in Berlin...
OHCHR and OSCE strengthen capacities of defence lawyers in southern Kyrgyzstan on human rights standards
Publishing date: 19 May 2016
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 19 May 2016 – The Regional Office for Central Asia of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in co-operation with the OSCE Centre in Bishkek today completed a three-day training course for defence lawyers on developing effective litigation strategies before the UN treaty bodies...
OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation: Modernizing the Vienna Document and strong CSBMs are key responses to security challenges
Publishing date: 19 May 2016
VIENNA, 19 May 2016- Challenges and opportunities in updating conventional arms control and confidence- and security-building measures were the focus of Wednesday’s OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation held in Vienna, under the Forum’s Chairmanship of Poland...