News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Renewed Transdniestrian settlement talks provide impetus for real progress in the coming weeks, says OSCE Special Representative
Publishing date: 3 June 2016
BERLIN, 3 June 2016 – The resumption of talks in the 5+2 format signals a fresh impetus in the settlement process and provides new momentum to achieve real progress, said Ambassador Cord Meier-Klodt, Special Representative of the German OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the Transdniestrian Settlement Process...
Strengthened amnesty laws and improved support for released persons in Tajikistan recommended at OSCE-hosted roundtable discussion
Publishing date: 3 June 2016
An analysis of Tajikistan’s three most recent amnesty laws and the findings of a study on the situation of persons released from confinement were presented at an OSCE-hosted roundtable discussion on 3 June 2016 in Dushanbe, which brought together some 30 representatives of the government, civil society and international partners...
Spot Report by OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM): SMM loses unmanned aerial vehicle over Korsun
Publishing date: 3 June 2016
At 18:16 (EET) on 2 June the SMM lost all communication with an SMM long-range unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) while it was flying at an altitude of 9,000ft in the area between “DPR”-controlled Korsun (31km north-east of Donetsk) and “DPR”-controlled Shevchenko (28km north-east of Donetsk)...
Public participation in environmental decision-making through Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative in focus of OSCE event in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 3 June 2016
OSKEMEN, Kazakhstan, 3 June 2016 – An OSCE-supported roundtable discussion for some 40 representatives of government, business, civil society and academia on public participation in environmental decision-making through Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) took place today in Oskemen, Eastern Kazakhstan Region...
OSCE/ODIHR Academy in Georgia focuses on strengthening skills of national human rights institutions staff
Publishing date: 3 June 2016
Representatives of national human rights institutions (NHRIs) completed on 3 June 2016 in Tbilisi the third NHRI Academy, a week-long course led by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), and organized jointly with the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions (ENNHRI), in partnership with the Georgian Institute of Public Affairs and the Office of the Public Defender of Georgia.
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine holds Second Annual Human Rights School for Children
Publishing date: 3 June 2016
More than 60 school children from all over Ukraine participated in the Second Annual Human Rights School from 2 to 3 June 2016 in Odesa...
Inter-religious tolerance in Kyrgyzstan in focus of OSCE-supported meeting
Publishing date: 3 June 2016
CHOLPON-ATA, Kyrgyzstan, 3 June 2016 – Measures to enhance tolerance among religious communities in Kyrgyzstan is in focus of an OSCE-supported meeting which concludes tomorrow in Cholpon-ata town in Issyk–Kul region, having brought together some 120 representatives of local self-government bodies, political parties, education and health sectors, academia, civil society, as well as elderly people and youth...