News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Office presents study on establishing probation service in Armenia
Publishing date: 12 November 2012
YEREVAN, 12 November 2012 – Analysis of the current situation, international standards and good practices of OSCE participating States was in the focus of a study on introducing a probation service in Armenia presented today in Yerevan...
Strong rule of law best way to prevent terrorism, say participants at OSCE conference
Publishing date: 12 November 2012
VIENNA, 12 November 2012 – Strengthening institutions that uphold the rule of law as a way to effectively prevent terrorism and radicalization that leads to terrorism is the focus of an OSCE conference that started in Vienna today...
OSCE Office trains Afghan police and Tajik troops in advanced border patrol
Publishing date: 12 November 2012
The OSCE Office in Tajikistan completed on 9 November 2012 in Dushanbe its first joint patrol medical course for Afghan border police and Tajik border troops as part of a project to enhance the capacities of both structures to detect and prevent illegal cross-border movement.
OSCE participating States should do more to protect and facilitate peaceful assemblies, concludes ODIHR monitoring report
Publishing date: 9 November 2012
OSCE participating States should protect and facilitate peaceful assemblies, and restrictions should be proportionate and only imposed when necessary, says a report released by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Vienna on 9 November 2012...
OSCE seminar discusses interagency co-operation in fighting illicit drugs in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 9 November 2012
ASHGABAT, 9 November 2012 – Representatives from Turkmenistan’s law-enforcement agencies discussed mechanisms for effective interagency co-operation to fight illicit drugs, at an OSCE-supported working seminar that concluded in Ashgabat today...
OSCE supports environmental conference on Black Sea region in Tiraspol
Publishing date: 9 November 2012
TIRASPOL, 9 November 2012 – A two-day international conference on environmental challenges in the Northern Black Sea region started today in Tiraspol. The conference is organized by Transdniestrian regional authorities, academic institutions and NGOs, with the support of the OSCE Mission to Moldova...
Statement of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs
Publishing date: 9 November 2012
VIENNA, 9 November 2012- The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Ambassadors Robert Bradtke of the United States, Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, and Jacques Faure of France) and the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, presented their annual reports to the OSCE Permanent Council on November 8 in Vienna...