News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Kazakh teens learn about sustainable development at OSCE Centre-supported summer camp
Publishing date: 13 June 2008
ALMATY, 13 June 2008- Raising awareness of the balance between economic development and environmental protection is the aim of a summer camp for teenagers from the Caspian Sea region, which ends in Almaty today...
Poor state compliance with OSCE commitments remains serious challenge, says Organization's human rights chief
Publishing date: 12 June 2008
VIENNA, 12 June 2008- Serious challenges to the implementation of OSCE human rights commitments remain in many parts of the region, said Ambassador Christian Strohal, the director of the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights...
OSCE Centre helps publish register of lawyers in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 11 June 2008
BISHKEK, 11 June 2008- A register of lawyers in Kyrgyzstan was published today by the Justice Ministry and the Lawyers Union of Kyrgyzstan, with the support of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek...
OSCE Mission to Serbia head welcomes arrest of war crimes indictee Stojan Zupljanin
Publishing date: 11 June 2008
BELGRADE, 11 June 2008- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Hans Ola Urstad, welcomed today the arrest of war crimes indictee Stojan Zupljanin...
OSCE helps foster co-operation between Uzbekistan's Ombudsman, law-enforcement agencies on human rights
Publishing date: 11 June 2008
KHIVA, Uzbekistan, 11 June 2008- Closer co-operation between the Ombudsman and Uzbek judicial and law-enforcement agencies on human rights issues is the focus of a workshop that started in the Khorezm Region of Uzbekistan today...
Mediators and observers agree to work towards earliest resumption of Transdniestrian settlement talks, says OSCE Special Envoy
Publishing date: 10 June 2008
HELSINKI, 10 June 2008- Representatives of the Russian Federation, Ukraine, the OSCE, the EU and the United States met today in Helsinki to discuss Transdniestrian settlement issues and agreed to push for a restart of talks including both sides...
OSCE Centre supports discussion on labour migration in southern Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 10 June 2008
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 10 June 2008- Work permits and migration quotas were the focus of a roundtable discussion today organized by the International Business Council and supported by the OSCE Centre's field office in Osh...