News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Human rights tops agenda at OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Annual Session
Publishing date: 5 July 2012
MONACO, 5 July 2012 – More than 270 parliamentarians from more than 50 countries today opened the 21st Annual Session of the OSCE Parliamentary with an agenda packed with measures to address human rights and security challenges across Europe, Central Asia and North America...
OSCE Chairmanship representative, in Podgorica, welcomes Montenegro’s reform progress, urges further action
Publishing date: 5 July 2012
PODGORICA, 5 July 2012- The Representative of the Irish Chair-in- Office of the OSCE, Minister for European Affairs Lucinda Creighton, welcomed Montenegro’s progress in democratic reforms during a visit to Podgorica today...
Decision on public broadcaster in Bosnia and Herzegovina should be assessed by Constitutional Court, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 5 July 2012
ASHGABAT, 5 July 2012 – Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, speaking from a media conference in Ashgabat, today urged the authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina to turn to the Constitutional Court for clarification on the constitutionality of the Federation’s recent parliamentary decision on the public broadcaster’s steering board...
Securing passports focus of OSCE workshop in Moldova
Publishing date: 5 July 2012
CHISINAU, 5 July 2012- A two-day workshop designed to promote the benefits of participating in the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Public Key Directory (PKD), a passport verification mechanism, concluded today in Chisinau...
OSCE media freedom representative calls on Central Asian governments to ensure Internet freedom
Publishing date: 5 July 2012
ASHGABAT, 5 July 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, at the 14th Central Asia Media Conference which opened today in Ashgabat, called upon the authorities in Central Asia to ensure that the Internet is a free and open space and to guarantee freedom of the media and expression online...
OSCE supports states to stop proliferation of weapons of mass destruction
Publishing date: 4 July 2012
OSCE support to participating States to implement UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1540 on preventing proliferation of weapons of mass destruction was the focus of a security dialogue held at the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation in Vienna on 4 July 2012...
OSCE media freedom representative regrets fine imposed on journalist in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 4 July 2012