News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre facilitates workshop in Kazakhstan on countering corruption
Publishing date: 25 July 2014
A three-day OSCE-supported national workshop on the prevention, detection and suppression of corruption-related crimes in Kazakhstan concluded on 25 July 2014 in Astana...
OSCE in Montenegro presents publication on protecting individual rights and freedom of media
Publishing date: 24 July 2014
At an event in Podgorica held on 22 July 2014, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro presented the book “Civil Aspects of Protection of Individual Rights and Freedom of the Media”...
Latest from the Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) in Ukraine based on information received until 18:00 hrs, 23 July (Kyiv time)
Publishing date: 24 July 2014
The SMM facilitated access of Malaysian experts to the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 and attended a mourning ceremony at Kharkiv’s international airport. Fighting in parts of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions continued...
OSCE Chairperson’s Personal Representatives on tolerance in first joint country visit to United States
Publishing date: 24 July 2014
WASHINGTON D.C., 24 July 2014 – The OSCE Chairperson’s Personal Representatives on combatting discrimination and promoting tolerance on 21 to 23 July 2014 made their first joint country visit to the United States where they identified problems, best practices as well as gaps in policy, activities and legislation, and areas where the OSCE can provide further support.
OSCE trains officials in Uzbekistan to support efforts in torture prevention
Publishing date: 24 July 2014
The establishment of a national torture prevention mechanism in accordance with international standards was the focus of a three-days training course organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), in co-operation with the Office of the Ombudsperson, in Tashkent, from 22 to 24 July 2014.
Deployment of OSCE observers to the Russian Federation one element to de-escalate situation, Chair says, calling for further and broader measures to follow suit
Publishing date: 24 July 2014
Bern, July 24, 2014 – Noting today’s consensus decision of the OSCE Permanent Council to deploy an Observer Mission to two checkpoints of Donetsk and Gukovo on the Russian-Ukrainian border, the Chairperson-in-Office and Swiss Foreign Minister, Didier Burkhalter, stressed the confidence-building character of this measure.
OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier on visit to Kyiv met monitors, Trilateral Contact Group members
Publishing date: 24 July 2014
OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier visited Kyiv from 21 to 23 July 2014. He met with the head of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan and his staff to discuss their work in light of recent developments in the east of Ukraine. Zannier, on behalf of the Organization and its participating States, thanked the SMM staff for their hard work and courage displayed in increasingly difficult circumstances...