News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairmanship representative, in Skopje, stresses need to continue reform, address causes of inter-ethnic tensions
Publishing date: 27 September 2012
SKOPJE, 27 September 2012 – Irish Minister for European Affairs, Lucinda Creighton, the representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, during an official visit today in Skopje discussed the implementation of reforms, the need for further reconciliation, and the role OSCE can play in advancing the reform and integration processes...
OSCE human rights office presents 2012 death penalty report
Publishing date: 26 September 2012
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) presented this year's background paper on the death penalty in the OSCE region on 26 September 2012 at the annual OSCE human rights conference in Warsaw...
OSCE/ODIHR launches new trial monitoring tools
Publishing date: 26 September 2012
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) launched two new tools, designed to build the capacity of legal practitioners to conduct professional trial monitoring, at the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw on 26 September 2012...
OSCE Chairmanship representative, in Pristina, says further reforms needed to ensure stable future
Publishing date: 26 September 2012
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 26 September 2012 – Ireland remains committed to building a stable future for all the communities in Kosovo, said the representative of the Irish OSCE Chairmanship-in-Office, Minister for European Affairs Lucinda Creighton, in her meetings with leaders in Kosovo today...
Greater independence in public broadcasting and broadcast regulation needed in Bosnia and Herzegovina, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 26 September 2012
VIENNA, 26 September 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ambassador Fletcher Burton and the Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Bosnia and Herzegovina/EU Special Representative, Ambassador Peter Sørensen, today called for legal reforms to ensure the independence of the public service broadcasters and broadcast regulator in Bosnia and Herzegovina...
Freedom of information enhances government transparency, say participants at OSCE human rights conference
Publishing date: 25 September 2012
Participants at the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw highlighted measures to promote free access to information held by governments, as well as the importance of providing legal protection to individuals who expose wrongdoing within organizations – so-called whistleblowers...
OSCE Chairmanship representative, in Serbia, calls for implementing reforms, resuming dialogue
Publishing date: 25 September 2012
BELGRADE, 25 September 2012 – The Representative of the Irish OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Minister for European Affairs Lucinda Creighton, during an official visit to Serbia today, stressed the need to move forward with implementing reforms, continuing reconciliation efforts and dialogue, as well as delivering on commitments...