News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Mongolia’s election competitive and effectively administered, but restrictive and inconsistent legal framework could be improved, observers say
Publishing date: 27 June 2013
ULAANBAATAR, 27 June 2013 – Mongolia’s presidential election was characterized by a competitive campaign conducted in an environment that respected fundamental freedoms, concluded the OSCE election observation mission in a statement released today...
Barriers to freedom of movement, missing persons, water provision in focus at Geneva International Discussions co-chaired by Ukraine
Publishing date: 26 June 2013
GENEVA, 26 June 2013 – Addressing the negative impact of fencing activities along the Administrative Boundary Line was the main topic which dominated the deliberations of the 24th meeting of the Geneva International Discussions today co-chaired by the OSCE Chair’s Special Representative for conflicts, Ambassador Andrii Deshchytsia...
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities visits Georgia, discusses integration, expresses concern over developments along the administrative boundary line
Publishing date: 26 June 2013
The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Knut Vollebaek visited Georgia from 19 to 20 June 2013...
OSCE explores ways to facilitate trade along Tajik-Afghan Border
Publishing date: 26 June 2013
Enhancing cross border trade between Tajikistan and Afghanistan was the topic of a roundtable discussion hosted on 25 June 2013 by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan...
OSCE media freedom representative calls recent legislative initiatives in Russia potentially harmful to freedom of expression and freedom of the media
Publishing date: 26 June 2013
BISHKEK, 26 June 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, expressed concern today over the new initiative in the Russian State Duma to criminalize speech which sheds a negative light on the role of the Soviet Army in World War II...
OSCE Special Representative, at conference in Vienna, links inequality, globalization and trafficking
Publishing date: 25 June 2013
VIENNA, 25 June 2013 – The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, today discussed financial, social and legal factors related to migration, inequality and trafficking at an OSCE-hosted conference on preventing modern-day slavery...
ODIHR supports Ukrainian parliament’s Commissioner for Human Rights in protecting and promoting women’s rights
Publishing date: 25 June 2013
Strategies for advancing women’s rights and gender equality in Ukraine were highlighted by experts from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) at a workshop for officials from the office of the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights, in Kyiv on 25 June 2013...