News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE/ODIHR's regional expert workshop discusses good practices in migrant integration
Publishing date: 18 March 2016
Civic orientation and language support programmes in migrant integration were the focus of the regional expert workshop “Good Practices in Integration of Migrants in line with OSCE Commitments and International Legal Standards” held in Riga on 17 and 18 March 2016.
Border and customs officials discuss leadership styles for effective management at OSCE Border Management Staff College
Publishing date: 18 March 2016
DUSHANBE, 18 March 2016 – Effective leadership and management techniques were the focus of a week-long training course, which concluded today at the OSCE Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe, Tajikistan...
Press statement by Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office
Publishing date: 18 March 2016
Tbilisi, 18 March 2016- Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, on 17 March, conducted a monitoring exercise on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan as part of his mandate....
OSCE regional workshop in Osh for Aarhus Centre representatives discusses public engagement in remediation of uranium legacy sites
Publishing date: 18 March 2016
A two-day regional workshop organized by the OSCE on 17-18 March 2016 in Osh, southern Kyrgyzstan, brought together representatives of Aarhus Centres and other local partners from Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan to discuss how to promote the engagement of stakeholders in the stabilization, restoration and disposal of uranium mill waste, also known as uranium tailings remediation...
OSCE trains Tajik Border Troops officers on patrol leadership
Publishing date: 18 March 2016
DUSHANBE, 18 March 2016 – Twenty officers from the Main Directorate of Tajik Border Troops completed today a regular four-week training course on patrolling and leadership, organized by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan, at the Gissar Training Centre, Tajikistan...
OSCE PA President, human rights Chair welcome Azerbaijan pardons
Publishing date: 18 March 2016
COPENHAGEN, 17 March 2016 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) and the Chairperson of the OSCE PA Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions, Isabel Santos (MP, Portugal), today welcomed the release of 148 individuals serving jail terms in Azerbaijan following a pardon decree issued by President Ilham Aliyev...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports armed forces to maintain security of small arms and light weapons in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 18 March 2016
BISHKEK, 18 March 2016 – Some 20 military personnel from the Northern Regional Command and the Southern Regional Command of the Kyrgyz Armed Forces completed an OSCE-supported one-week training-course on maintaining an electronic database system for the management, record-keeping and tracing of small arms and light weapons and stockpiles of conventional ammunition...