News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Sustainable development education in Kazakhstan focus of OSCE conference
Publishing date: 14 April 2011
ARKALYK, Kazakhstan, 14 April 2011 – Integrating a sustainable development curriculum into Kazakhstan’s higher educational system is the topic of a two-day conference that began in Arkalyk today...
ODIHR to deploy election assessment mission to parliamentary elections in Turkey
Publishing date: 14 April 2011
ODIHR conducted a needs assessment mission to Turkey from 30 March through 1 April in order to assess the pre-election environment and preparations for the parliamentary elections scheduled for 12 June...
OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs issue statement
Publishing date: 14 April 2011
BAKU, 14 April 2011- The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Ambassadors Bernard Fassier of France, Robert Bradtke of the United States, and Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, released the following statement today...
OSCE-supported conference promotes contact between Armenian and European civil society groups
Publishing date: 14 April 2011
YEREVAN, 14 April 2011 – Civic participation in decision making, protecting the environment, increasing government transparency and combating corruption, and promoting free media as well as good governance were among the topics discussed at a two-day conference that started in Yerevan today...
ODIHR publishes updated compilation of OSCE human dimension commitments
Publishing date: 14 April 2011
ODIHR has published the third edition of OSCE Human Dimension Commitments, a compilation of commitments the OSCE participating States have agreed to honour in the fields of human rights, democracy and the rule of law.
OSCE Office hosts regional anti-trafficking consultations in northern Tajikistan
Publishing date: 13 April 2011
KHUJAND, Tajikistan, 13 April 2011 – Two days of consultations among national and regional government authorities, civil society and international organizations on how to combat human trafficking in northern Tajikistan concluded today in Khujand...
Resolution of protracted conflicts crucial for OSCE, Lithuanian President says
Publishing date: 13 April 2011
VIENNA, 13 April 2011 – Protracted conflicts are of key importance to the OSCE, and efforts to resolve them are crucial to unity among the Organization’s 56 participating States, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite told the OSCE Permanent Council today...