News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
On the same side of the table: OSCE Mission to Moldova trains officials from both banks of Dniestr/Nistru on negotiations
Publishing date: 16 February 2012
Officials from both banks of the Dniestr/Nistru River took part in a training seminar on negotiation skills in Vadul Lui Voda, hosted by the OSCE Mission to Moldova from 13 to 15 February, 2012...
OSCE Secretary General meets UN Secretary-General and Afghanistan’s Counter Narcotics Minister in Vienna
Publishing date: 16 February 2012
VIENNA, 16 February 2012 – The OSCE Secretary General, Lamberto Zannier, met today in Vienna with the UN Secretary-General, Afghanistan’s Minister of Counter Narcotics and other high-level officials to discuss the importance of improving co-operation and co-ordination between the OSCE, UN and other international actors in combating trafficking of opium and heroin originating in Afghanistan...
Europe’s Roma at risk from austerity measures, OSCE Roma adviser tells US Helsinki Commission
Publishing date: 15 February 2012
WASHINGTON, D.C., 15 February 2012 – The persisting financial crisis significantly worsens prospects for integrating Europe’s Roma and Sinti populations and combating intolerance and violence targeting this minority in many countries, the head of the OSCE Contact Point for Roma and Sinti Issues, Andrzej Mirga, told the United States Helsinki Commission today...
President Efthymiou discusses peace process and OSCE participation during visit to Ramallah
Publishing date: 15 February 2012
RAMALLAH, 14 February 2012-- OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President held a series of meetings in Ramallah Tuesday focused on peace in the Middle East and economic development in the Palestinian Territories...
President Efthymiou urges peace, regional co-operation in official visit to Israel
Publishing date: 15 February 2012
JERUSALEM, 14 February 2012 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Petros Efthymiou pushed for greater OSCE activity from Israeli parliamentarians and aimed to encourage peaceful dialogue between Palestinian and Israeli leaders amid changing dynamics in the region during two days of meetings in Jerusalem that ended today...
OSCE/ODIHR ready to co-operate with Asian Partners on promoting democracy and respect for human rights
Publishing date: 15 February 2012
The OSCE is ready to co-operate with its Asian Partners in promoting democracy and human rights to contribute to broader security in the region, Janez Lenarčič, the ODIHR Director, told the OSCE-Thailand Conference in Chiang Mai on 14 February 2012...
OSCE media representative urges European Parliament to reassess ACTA to safeguard freedom of expression
Publishing date: 14 February 2012
VIENNA, 14 February 2012 – In a letter to the President of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, today, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović urged the Parliament to safeguard free expression when discussing the draft Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)...