News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE conference highlights women’s role in building stability and prosperity in Mediterranean region
Publishing date: 28 October 2013
Ways to enhance women’s participation in public, political and economic life come under the spotlight at the OSCE Mediterranean Conference in Monaco on 28 October 2013...
OSCE parliamentarian regrets human impact of barbwire obstacles along administrative boundary lines in Georgia
Publishing date: 26 October 2013
TBILISI, 26 October 2013 (Georgian and Spanish versions below.) – Ignacio Sanchez Amor, Special Representative of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly on Border Co-operation, today visited the administrative boundary lines in Georgia separating the region of South Ossetia. Following his visits to the villages of Ditsi and Didi Khurvaleti in the region of Gori, the Special Representative expressed deep regret regarding the establishment of physical obstacles along the administrative borders between the territory under Georgian control and the regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
OSCE Code of Conduct important for governing role of armed forces in democratic societies, says Head of OSCE Mission to BiH
Publishing date: 25 October 2013
SARAJEVO, 25 October 2013 – The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, in co-operation with the BiH Parliamentary Assembly Joint Committee on Defence and Security and the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre concluded today a two-day regional seminar for parliamentarians on the OSCE Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security in Konjic, Herzegovina-Neretva Canton...
OSCE Centre in Astana supports human rights education in police
Publishing date: 25 October 2013
ASTANA, 25 October 2013 – An OSCE-supported train-the-trainers seminar aimed at enhancing knowledge and skills of police schools instructors to teach about human rights matters took place today in Astana...
Border officials from 18 countries trained at OSCE Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe
Publishing date: 25 October 2013
DUSHANBE, 25 October 2013 – Today the closing ceremony of the 9th Staff Course for border officials from 18 countries was held at the OSCE Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe...
Combating domestic violence through art: OSCE supports Moldovan tour of social theatre play “Casa M”
Publishing date: 25 October 2013
CHISINAU, 25 October 2013 – An OSCE-supported tour of the “Casa M”, a theatre play raising awareness about the domestic violence starts today in Edineţ, a town in northern Moldova, and will cover seven other towns until mid-November...
Soares and Kanerva lead election observers in Georgia
Publishing date: 25 October 2013
COPENHAGEN, 25 October 2013 – Former OSCE PA President Joao Soares (MP, Portugal), who was appointed by the OSCE Chairman-in-Office to serve as Special Co-ordinator of the OSCE observer mission to the 27 October presidential election in Georgia, opened the briefing of the short-term observers today in Tbilisi.