News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission assists Serbia to prepare for international review of draft Criminal Procedure Code
Publishing date: 1 April 2011
The OSCE Mission to Serbia delivered an English translation of the new draft Criminal Procedure Code to the Serbian Justice Ministry on 1 April 2011, to enable it to be reviewed by international experts...
OSCE Presence provides Albania’s electoral body with computers ahead of local government elections
Publishing date: 31 March 2011
The OSCE Presence in Albania provided 35 computers to the Central Election Commission (CEC) on 30 March 2011. The computers will be used in the preparation and administration of the 8 May local government elections...
OSCE Office in Tajikistan hosts first open plenary session of government interagency committee to combat trafficking
Publishing date: 31 March 2011
DUSHANBE, 31 March 2011 – Tajikistan's Interagency Commission on Combating Human Trafficking discussed how the government, international organizations and civil society can work together to implement the newly-adopted National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking during its first-ever official open plenary session, held today at the OSCE Office in Tajikistan...
OSCE Mission to Serbia, U.S. Embassy support training course to strengthen prosecutors' skills in fighting financial crime
Publishing date: 31 March 2011
ZLATIBOR, 31 March 2011 – Some 30 prosecutors from Serbia's anti-corruption units today began discussing the use of forensic accounting in financial investigations at a training course organized jointly by the OSCE Mission to Serbia and the U.S. Department of Justice...
OSCE presents third study on migration data in Bishkek, discusses steps to harmonize regional data collection
Publishing date: 31 March 2011
BISHKEK, 31 March 2011 – The preliminary findings and recommendations from an assessment of Kyrgyzstan’s collection of migration data by the OSCE and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) were presented to government officials and policymakers dealing with migration data at a meeting in Bishkek today...
Tajikistan’s Foreign Minister addresses OSCE, reconfirms commitments, calls for political dialogue to solve economic and environmental problems
Publishing date: 31 March 2011
VIENNA, 31 March 2011 – Tajikistan’s Foreign Minister Hamrokhon Zarifi in his address to the OSCE Permanent Council today reconfirmed the country’s commitments to its OSCE obligations in all dimensions of security, stressed the need for active international involvement in economic rehabilitation of Afghanistan, and the importance of promoting political dialogue in Central Asia to overcome differences on water and energy...
Workshop on gender equality and women's rights held in Prague
Publishing date: 31 March 2011
ODIHR organized a workshop for national human rights institutions from 17 OSCE participating States in Prague on 29 March...