News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
A substantive 5+2 in June remains the objective, says OSCE Special Representative for Transdniestrian Settlement Process
Publishing date: 12 May 2016
CHISINAU, 12 May 2016 – The Special Representative of the German OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the Transdniestrian Settlement Process, Cord Meier-Klodt, today concluded a visit to the region, which included meetings with the chief negotiators in Chisinau and Tiraspol...
OSCE launches series of training seminars on gender mainstreaming in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 12 May 2016
Implementing gender mainstreaming in the work of local governments and election campaigns was the focus of an OSCE-supported training seminar for some 40 high-level local government executives and local district legislators from South Kazakhstan region in Shymkent on 12 May 2016...
OSCE Centre supports strengthening aviation security in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 12 May 2016
ASHGABAT, 12 May 2016 – OSCE-organized practical training courses for some 43 officials from the Aviation Security Service and Aviation School of Turkmenistan Airlines, as well as the Transport Police Service of the Interior Ministry, the State Customs Service and State Border Service on X-ray for baggage and passenger screening at airports, concluded today in Ashgabat...
Ensuring the rights of the individual in focus at OSCE-supported conference in Astana
Publishing date: 12 May 2016
ASTANA, 12 May 2016 – Current trends and challenges in ensuring the rights of the individual in modern society are the main topics of an OSCE-supported international conference in the framework of annual ”Shaikenov Readings”, which began today in Astana...
Statement by the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group
Publishing date: 12 May 2016
VIENNA, 12 May 2016 – The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Ambassadors Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, James Warlick of the United States of America, and Pierre Andrieu of France, remain fully committed to mediating a lasting settlement to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30hrs, 10 May 2016
Publishing date: 11 May 2016
In Donetsk region, the SMM noted a sharp increase in the number of recorded ceasefire violations compared with previous days. In Luhansk region it continued to note a low level of ceasefire violations. The Mission continued to monitor the withdrawal of weapons and to observe mine hazard signs in the security zone. The SMM noted long queues at the contact line. It monitored a demonstration by veterans in Ivano-Frankivsk. The SMM’s freedom of movement was restricted on numerous occasions.*...
Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 10 May 2016
Publishing date: 11 May 2016
Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs)...