News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Women, peace and security: participants of OSCE event in Kazakhstan say it’s time to move from theory to action
Publishing date: 12 November 2013
The OSCE Gender Section in co-operation with UN Women and the authorities of Kazakhstan held a two day-conference from 11 to 12 November 2013 in Almaty, Kazakhstan to put forth recommendations and share good practices in the implementation of the principles of the UN Women, Peace and Security agenda...
OSCE promotes water resource management in Central Asia
Publishing date: 12 November 2013
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 12 November 2013 – An OSCE-supported publication on advanced practices in integrated water resource management (IWRM) was presented at the Kazakh-German University in Almaty today...
To fully ensure free speech in Italy, further changes needed in draft defamation law, OSCE Representative says
Publishing date: 12 November 2013
TBILISI, 12 November 2013 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today welcomed improvements made by Italian authorities in the draft law on defamation, but also pointed to important problematic provisions that still need to be changed...
Waste management plans focus of OSCE-organized meeting in Montenegro
Publishing date: 12 November 2013
Adopting and implementing national and local waste management plans was the topic of a meeting organized jointly by the OSCE Mission and the Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism, held in Podgorica on 9 November 2013...
OSCE promotes investments in Syunik province of Armenia
Publishing date: 11 November 2013
KAPAN, Syunik province of Armenia, 11 November 2013 – Examining investment prospects for a remote Syunik region of Armenia is the main objective of a three-day forum organized by the Syunik regional administration with support from the OSCE’s Programme Implementation Presence in Syunik, which began today.
OSCE supports trip of Ukrainian experts to Norway to learn about ways of ensuring equal rights of men and women, combatting gender-based violence
Publishing date: 11 November 2013
Representatives of Ukraine’s Interior and Social Policy Ministries and the Ukrainian Ombudsperson’s office visited Oslo from 4 to 8 November 2013 to learn about the experience of their Norwegian counterparts ensuring equality of men and women, and about the mechanisms for combating gender-based violence. The study trip was organised by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine...
ICTY material made available to prosecutors’ offices in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with OSCE support
Publishing date: 11 November 2013
The first of a series of training events for judicial experts on the Electronic Disclosure Suite (EDS) of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) held by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Office of the Trial Prosecutor of the ICTY started on 11 November 2013...