News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre promotes sustainable water management in South Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 30 June 2014
A OSCE-supported workshop on managing water resources was held on 27 and 28 June 2014 in Kyzylorda, Southern Kazakhstan for some 30 members of the Aral-Syrdariya Water Basin Council as well as representative of local authorities, academia, the business community and non-governmental organizations...
OSCE and UNODC organize events in south Kyrgyzstan to improve public confidence in police
Publishing date: 30 June 2014
From 26 to 28 June 2014, the OSCE Center in Bishkek in co-operation with the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) conducted a series of events in Batken, Osh and Jalal-Abad in the south of Kyrgyzstan to enhance public confidence in Kyrgyz police...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office expresses gratitude to outgoing ODIHR Director Lenarčič
Publishing date: 30 June 2014
BERN, 30 June 2014- OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter, today expressed his gratitude to Ambassador Janez Lenarčič of Slovenia, the outgoing Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), for his work over the last six years...
At Annual Session, OSCE parliamentarians debate rising extremism, xenophobia
Publishing date: 29 June 2014
BAKU, 29 June 2014 – The rising tide of extremism, radicalism and xenophobia and the challenge it presents to the OSCE area was the topic of a special debate today at the 23rd OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Annual Session in Baku...
Chairman-in-Office relieved about release of Luhansk-based SMM team, says OSCE ready to support implementation of peace plan to the extent security situation permits
Publishing date: 28 June 2014
Collections: Donetsk and Luhansk-based teams of OSCE monitors released , Swiss Chairmanship takes lead in OSCE Ukraine efforts
Bern, 28 June, 2014- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter, relieved to hear that the four members of the Luhansk-based team of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission were set free, commended the tireless work of the SMM towards the release of the team members who were in captivity since May 29, 2014.
Second group of OSCE monitors freed in eastern Ukraine
Publishing date: 28 June 2014
KYIV, 28 June 2014- The four members of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission’s Luhansk-based monitoring team that went missing on May 29 were released this evening after exactly one month in captivity...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, at the Annual Session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, takes stock of implementation of Swiss priorities at half time
Publishing date: 28 June 2014
BAKU, 28 June 2014 – Swiss Foreign Minister and OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Didier Burkhalter, took part today in the Inaugural Plenary Session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s 23rd annual session in Baku...