News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE highlights need to involve women in efforts to counter violent extremism, terrorist radicalization
Publishing date: 12 March 2012
VIENNA, 12 MARCH 2012 – Ways of empowering women in countering violent extremism and radicalization that leads to terrorism is the focus of a two-day expert meeting organized by the OSCE today in Vienna...
OSCE trains local government, water user associations in southern Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 10 March 2012
JALAL-ABAD, Kyrgyzstan, 10 March 2012 – More efficient use of water resources and resolving potential disputes over water were the focus of a training seminar that took place today in Jalal-Abad, southern Kyrgyzstan, with the support of the OSCE Osh field office...
OSCE Special Representative, at UNESCO, says women’s empowerment is key to preventing human trafficking
Publishing date: 9 March 2012
The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, addressed the roundtable meeting "Trafficking in Women and Girls" on the occasion of International Women’s Day at UNESCO on 9 March 2012 in Paris...
ODIHR supports conference on promoting women’s political participation in Northern Ireland
Publishing date: 9 March 2012
Measures to increase the political representation of women in Northern Ireland were highlighted at a conference organized in Belfast on 9 March 2012 by the Centre for the Advancement of Women in Politics at Queen's University Belfast, and supported by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)...
Chair-in-Office Gilmore visits OSCE PA, reinforces value of parliamentary input to security
Publishing date: 9 March 2012
COPENHAGEN, 9 March 2012 – Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Eamon Gilmore visited the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly International Secretariat today and expressed his support for parliamentarians being more closely involved in the comprehensive work of the OSCE...
OSCE Mission condemns violence in Skopje, calls for calm
Publishing date: 9 March 2012
SKOPJE, 9 March 2012- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Skopje, Ambassador Ralf Breth, condemned today recent violent incidents in Skopje and conveyed his sympathies to those who were injured and their families...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports gender mainstreaming in conflict prevention and resolution
Publishing date: 9 March 2012
SKOPJE, 9 March 2012 – The role of women in conflict prevention and peaceful conflict resolution was the topic of an OSCE-supported public event that took place in Skopje today...