News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Senior Gender Advisor highlights need to engage men to achieve gender equality at UN event in New York
Publishing date: 14 March 2014
The OSCE’s Senior Gender Advisor, Ambassador Miroslava Beham, highlighted the need to actively engage men to achieve gender equality, during the 58th annual session of the Commission on the Status of Women on 10 to 14 March 2014 at the headquarters of the United Nations in New York...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports launch of NGO network on inter-ethnic relations
Publishing date: 14 March 2014
An NGO network aiming to enhance inter-communal relations in the municipality of Struga was launched on 14 March 2014, with the support of the OSCE Mission to Skopje...
OSCE Border Management Staff College conducts first ‘train-the-trainer’ course for graduates
Publishing date: 14 March 2014
DUSHANBE, 14 March 2014 – The first ‘train-the-trainer’ course held for graduates of the OSCE Border Management Staff College drew to a close today in Dushanbe...
Penal legislation reform focus of OSCE-supported regional conference in Astana
Publishing date: 14 March 2014
ASTANA, 14 March 2014- Trends and challenges in reforming penal legislation in Central Asia were the focus of a regional conference, supported by the OSCE Centre in Astana, held in the capital of Kazakhstan today...
Post-2014 Afghanistan will be no threat to other countries, Afghan Minister of Counter Narcotics tells OSCE
Publishing date: 13 March 2014
Afghanistan has made much progress in the twelve years and will not pose a threat to other countries in the region, the country’s Minister of Counter Narcotics Mobarez Rashedi told the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna on 13 March 2014, as he highlighted ways to address the remaining challenges, including the fight against the illicit drugs...
OSCE Mission to Skopje launches “Mediation for Change” project
Publishing date: 13 March 2014
Functional school mediation systems to promote constructive interaction between students, teachers and staff in secondary schools are being set up as part of a new project by the OSCE Mission to Skopje officially launched on 13 March 2014.
Press Release by the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group
Publishing date: 12 March 2014
MOSCOW, 12 March 2014- The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Ambassadors Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Jacques Faure of France, and James Warlick of the United States of America) conducted a series of meetings from February 22 to March 11 in Paris and Moscow with the Foreign Ministers of Armenia, Edward Nalbandian, and Azerbaijan, Elmar Mammadyarov. Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, also participated in the meetings...