News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chair welcomes Normandy Four Summit as important contribution towards the resolution of the conflict in eastern Ukraine
Publishing date: 10 December 2019
NEW YORK, United States, 10 December 2019- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Slovakia’s Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Miroslav Lajčák, today welcomed the results of the Normandy Four Summit in Paris...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 292/2019 issued on 10 December 2019
Publishing date: 10 December 2019
Summary Compared with the previous 24 hours, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and a similar number of ceasefire violations in Luhansk region. Inside the disengagement area near Stanytsia Luhanska, the Mission saw workers from non-government-controlled areas replacing
OSCE and UN recommit to strengthening co-operation, seek effective solutions to cope with changes in regional and global security environments
Publishing date: 10 December 2019
NEW YORK, United States, 10 December 2019 – The OSCE and the UN Secretariat in New York today finalized an agreement to strengthen co-operation on addressing key challenges international peace and security, and on promoting respect for human rights, fundamental freedoms and the rule of law.
Leading by example: OSCE organizes meeting of ICAT and UN Procurement Task Force to co-ordinate efforts to prevent trafficking in supply chains
Publishing date: 10 December 2019
What if the seafood served in the cafeteria at your organization was caught and processed as a result of trafficked labour occurring on the other side of the world? Preventing labour exploitation in supply chains was the focus of a meeting organized by the Office of the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings for members of the Inter-agency Coordination Group against Trafficking in Persons (ICAT) and the UN’s Procurement Task Force in Vienna on 10 December 2019...
Online violence against women and girls discussed at IT Girls and OSCE event in Sarajevo
Publishing date: 10 December 2019
As part of the #16Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence campaign, the IT Girls, joint initiative by UN Women, UNICEF and UNDP, supported by Sweden, and the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) joined forces to raise awareness about gender-based violence against women and girls in cyberspace at an event held on 9 December 2019 in Sarajevo...
Going back to basics: rights and freedoms exist for all humanity, OSCE human rights head says
Publishing date: 10 December 2019
WARSAW, 10 December 2019 – Universal human rights are indivisible and interrelated, with any violations striking a blow at all of society, the head of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) said on the occasion of Human Rights Day...
Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 10 December 2019
Publishing date: 10 December 2019
The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). The overall number of border crossings by persons decreased at both BCPs compared to the previous week. The ninety-second Russian convoy crossed into Ukraine and returned through the Donetsk BCP...