News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Press Release by the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group
Publishing date: 19 December 2013
YEREVAN, December 19, 2013- The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Ambassadors Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Jacques Faure of France, and James Warlick of the United States of America) and the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, traveled to the region December 15-19 to discuss recent developments in the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process.
OSCE presents research on implementation of European Court on Human Rights decisions by Armenia
Publishing date: 19 December 2013
The implementation of European Court on Human Rights (ECtHR) decisions and the importance of third party opinions (amicus curiae) in domestic and international instances were the focus of a workshop held on 19 December 2013 in Yerevan...
OSCE PA Special Representative on Border Co-operation meets Georgian Foreign Minister
Publishing date: 19 December 2013
COPENHAGEN, 19 December 2013 – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's Special Representative on Border Co-operation, Ignacio Sanchez Amor (Spain), met Georgian Foreign Minister Maia Panjikidze on 18 December in Madrid for discussions that focused on the situation along the administrative boundary lines between Georgian-controlled territory and Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Need to confiscate proceeds of trafficking crimes, unconditional assistance to victims, parts of forward-looking update to Action Plan to combat human trafficking
Publishing date: 19 December 2013
VIENNA, 19 December 2013 – OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, highlighted key aspects of the Addendum to the OSCE Action Plan to Combat Trafficking in Human Beings in her address today to the Permanent Council.
OSCE boosts travel document security in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 19 December 2013
BISHKEK, 19 December 2013 – A renovated training room, computer equipment and study materials to be used in delivering courses on identifying forged travel documents were presented by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek to the State Border Service of Kyrgyzstan today. The ceremony marked the completion of a capacity-building course on travel document security.
OSCE supports advanced course on security policy for BiH government officials
Publishing date: 19 December 2013
A two-day advanced training course on security policy for officials from ministries and other public institutions, co-organized by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina concluded on 12 December 2013 in Zenica in the central part of the country...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes UN General Assembly’s resolution on safety of journalists
Publishing date: 19 December 2013
VIENNA, 19 December 2013 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today welcomed the UN General Assembly’s adoption of its first resolution on safety of journalists and the issue of impunity.