News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Tackling attacks on migrant and refugee rights in focus of ODIHR event
Publishing date: 15 October 2025
Greater efforts are needed to counter the growing hostility toward migrants and refugees, increasingly fuelled by disinformation and anti-migrant rhetoric, which is weakening solidarity and respect for human rights across the OSCE region, said participants at a side event of the Warsaw Human Dimension Conference organised by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR).
OSCE side event at Warsaw Human Dimension Conference highlights urgent need to prevent femicide
Publishing date: 15 October 2025
Preventing femicide- the gender-related killing of women and girls- was the central focus of a side event hosted by the OSCE Secretariat’s Gender Issues Programme under the WIN Project, and co-sponsored by the OSCE Delegations of Malta, Belgium and Croatia, during the Warsaw Human Dimension Conference on 14 October.
OSCE and Kazakhstan Strengthen Ammunition Safety and Management Capacities
Publishing date: 15 October 2025
The OSCE Programme Office in Astana (the Office), with the support of the OSCE’s Conflict Prevention Centre Forum for Security Co-operation Support Section (FSC), and in close co-operation with the Center for Arms Control and Inspection Support of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan, successfully concluded the Ammunition Storage and Surveillance Course (ASSC) on 9 October in Almaty.
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Valtonen concludes visit to Georgia
Publishing date: 15 October 2025
TBILISI, 15 October 2025 – Today, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen, concluded her visit to Georgia.
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Valtonen concludes visit to Armenia
Publishing date: 15 October 2025
YEREVAN, 15 October 2025 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen, concluded her visit to Armenia.
Training seminar on the new Water Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 14 October 2025
On 6 October 2025, the OSCE Programme Office in Astana (the Office), in co-operation with the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation of Kazakhstan, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the International Water Assessment Centre (IWAC), launched a five-day training seminar for nation-wide representatives of basin inspections on the provisions of the new Water Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan and related draft laws.
Head of the OSCE Mission to BiH Visits Goražde and Foča
Publishing date: 14 October 2025
FOČA/GORAŽDE, 14 October 2025 – The Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ambassador Rick Holtzapple, visited Goražde and Foča today to engage with key political and institutional stakeholders. The visit underscored the continued support of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina