News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Press release issued by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
Publishing date: 9 April 2010
VIENNA, 9 April 2010- The following is a press release issued by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly. The views expressed in this press release do not necessarily reflect those of the OSCE Chairmanship, nor of all OSCE participating States...
Prisoners' rights the focus of OSCE-supported training course in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 9 April 2010
ASHGABAT, 9 April 2010- Twenty-seven prison officers from Turkmenistan's penitentiary institutions and three Police Academy instructors participated in a training course on international legal standards for the treatment of prisoners today...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office sends Special Envoy to Kyrgyzstan, discusses situation with UN Secretary-General
Publishing date: 8 April 2010
ASTANA, 8 April 2010- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan's Secretary of State and Minister of Foreign Affairs Kanat Saudabayev, announced today that he has dispatched his Special Envoy, Zhanybek Karibzhanov, to Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo calls for sustainable solutions for displaced persons in Strpce/Shterpce
Publishing date: 8 April 2010
PRISHTINE/PRISTINA, 8 April 2010- Authorities need to begin providing sustainable solutions for displaced persons in the collective centres in Strpce/Shterpce municipality, concludes a report presented by OSCE Mission in Kosovo today...
OSCE Mission to Serbia head marks International Roma Day with call for Roma inclusion
Publishing date: 8 April 2010
BELGRADE, 8 April 2010- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Dimitrios Kypreos, today, on the occasion of International Roma Day, expressed hopes for the further advancement of the Roma in Serbian society, and called for...
UN Secretary-General addresses OSCE, appeals for restraint in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 8 April 2010
VIENNA, 8 April 2010- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for restraint in Kyrgyzstan, and announced that OSCE and UN special envoys would work closely together to facilitate the restoration of constitutional order in the country...
Press release issued by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
Publishing date: 8 April 2010
VIENNA, 8 April 2010- The following is a press release issued by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly. The views expressed in this press release do not necessarily reflect those of the OSCE Chairmanship, nor of all OSCE participating States...