News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE brings together local communities in Kyrgyzstan to address security threats
Publishing date: 26 November 2013
A major OSCE-supported event brought together neighbourhood inspectors, juvenile delinquency inspectors and members of local crime prevention centres from across Kyrgyzstan in Osh, southern Kyrgyzstan on 26 November 2013...
OSCE Office in Baku holds international seminar on protection of human trafficking victims
Publishing date: 26 November 2013
BAKU, 26 November 2013 –An international seminar organized by the OSCE Office on protection mechanisms for victims of human trafficking started in Baku today...
OSCE encourages police reform at high-level conference in Yerevan
Publishing date: 26 November 2013
YEREVAN, 26 November 2013 – Police reforms, police accountability and transparency, education and trust are among the topics of discussion at an OSCE-supported international conference starting today in Yerevan.
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office welcomes continued dynamics in 5+2 negotiations, calls for more trust
Publishing date: 25 November 2013
KYIV, 25 November 2013- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara addressed the official round of negotiations on the Transdniestrian settlement process in the 5+2 format, that started today in the Ukrainian capital...
ODIHR supports political leadership training for women politicians from Central Asia
Publishing date: 25 November 2013
Sharing good practices in promoting gender equality and women’s advancement in political parties was the focus of a three-day regional workshop organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) that ended on 24 November 2013 in Bishkek...
OSCE Secretary General meets NATO counterpart in Brussels to discuss Western Balkans, Afghanistan
Publishing date: 25 November 2013
OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier met NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen during an official visit to Brussels on 25 and 26 November 2013...
OSCE/ODIHR Director says Belarusian human rights defender should be released
Publishing date: 25 November 2013
WARSAW, 25 November 2013- Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), today reminded the Belarusian authorities of previous calls by OSCE Chairpersons-in-Office for the release of human rights defender Ales Bialiatski, who was found guilty on tax-evasion charges in 2011, and added his voice to theirs, calling Bialiatski’s case a violation of OSCE commitments...