News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE/ODIHR supports dialogue on political party funding and women’s participation in Georgia
Publishing date: 13 March 2013
Representatives from government agencies, political parties, civil society and international organizations highlighted measures to enhance the transparency of political party funding and increase women’s political participation in Georgia, at a roundtable meeting co-organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Tbilisi on 12 and 13 March 2013...
OSCE Centre promotes cybercrime investigation techniques in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 12 March 2013
ASTANA, 12 March 2013- A four-day training session for representatives of the Financial Police, the Financial Police Academy, the Supreme Court, the General Prosecutor’s Office, the Finance Ministry’s Committee on Financial Monitoring, the non-governmental Association on Countering the Laundering of Illegal Assets, central and commercial banks, police and other legal officials began in Koshchi near Astana today...
OSCE promotes revised anti-money-laundering standards in Central Asia
Publishing date: 12 March 2013
TASHKENT, 12 March 2013 – An OSCE-organized regional training course on anti-money-laundering standards for officials from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, as well as Belarus, China and the Russian Federation, started today in Tashkent...
OSCE conducts regional training for Central Asian border guard staff
Publishing date: 11 March 2013
A three-day OSCE-organized training course on document security for Central Asian border service staff began on 11 March 2013 in Almaty, Kazakhstan...
OSCE/ODIHR opens mission to observe presidential election in Montenegro
Publishing date: 8 March 2013
PODGORICA, 8 March 2013 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today announced the opening of its limited election observation mission for the presidential election to be held in Montenegro on 7 April...
On International Women’s Day, ODIHR Director stresses role of education in improving situation of Roma and Sinti women
Publishing date: 8 March 2013
WARSAW, 8 March 2013- Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, called today for greater efforts to ensure full access to educational opportunities for Roma and Sinti women in order to help them overcome multiple forms of discrimination, on the occasion of International Women’s Day...
OSCE Chairperson stresses need to respect and uphold rights of national minorities
Publishing date: 7 March 2013
THE HAGUE, 7 March 2013 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara, speaking today at an event marking the 20th anniversary of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) said lasting peace and security can only be achieved by respecting and upholding human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to national minorities...