News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre supports discussion to improve oil spill response strategies in the Caspian
Publishing date: 29 October 2008
AKTAU, Kazakhstan, 29 October 2008- Increasing the national capacity to respond to oil spills in the Caspian Sea region is the topic of a three-day workshop that started in the western oil port city of Aktau today...
Joint OSCE-UNEP assessment report on environmental impact of recent conflict in Georgia released
Publishing date: 28 October 2008
VIENNA, 28 October 2008- The Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities released on Monday a final report of a joint OSCE-UNEP mission to assess the environmental impacts of the recent conflict in Georgia...
OSCE helps promote confidence- and security-building measures in Central Asia
Publishing date: 28 October 2008
ALMATY, 28 October 2008- Further enhancing confidence- and security-building measures and promoting military co-operation outlined in the 1999 OSCE Vienna Document are the focus of a training seminar that started in Almaty today...
OSCE countries and Mediterranean partners discuss regional security
Publishing date: 27 October 2008
AMMAN, 27 October 2008- How the OSCE's approach to security and new challenges can be applied outside the Organization's region is the focus of a conference with the OSCE's participating States and its Mediterranean partner countries that began today...
Joint declaration of women parliamentarians calls for 30 per cent female representation in South-Eastern Europe parliaments
Publishing date: 27 October 2008
TIRANA, 27 October 2008- Female parliamentarians from South-Eastern Europe urged their respective parliaments and governments to adopt electoral codes to guarantee at least 30 per cent of seats for women candidates...
Central Asia experts discuss regional co-operation on water management
Publishing date: 27 October 2008
TASHKENT, 27 October 2008- Improving regional co-operation on water management and promoting environmental security and safety were the focus of a workshop that ended in Tashkent on Saturday...
OSCE workshop promotes co-operation between state press services and journalists in Armenia
Publishing date: 27 October 2008
YEREVAN, 27 October 2008- Helping press officers working for state agencies and journalists to improve their interaction is the purpose of a two-day OSCE training workshop launched today in Yerevan...