News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE organizes a workshop on prevention of early forced marriages for multi-disciplinary teams from Montenegrin municipalities
Publishing date: 29 September 2017
A workshop on the prevention of early forced marriages, organized by The OSCE Mission to Montenegro, was conducted in Tivat, Montenegro, on 29 September 2017.
OSCE supports Belarus in its trade facilitation efforts
Publishing date: 29 September 2017
MINSK, 29 September 2017 – A two-day consultation mission aimed at determining the scope of co-operation between the OSCE and Belarus in support of the country’s trade facilitation efforts concluded today in Minsk.
OSCE-wide seminar on benefits of passenger data exchange take place in Vienna
Publishing date: 29 September 2017
An OSCE-wide Seminar on Passenger Data Exchange for counter-terrorism and border security officers from OSCE participating States and Partners for Co-operation was held on 28 and 29 September 2017 in Vienna...
New OSCE/ODIHR publication on good practices in identity management aims to support states in improving civil registration and identification systems
Publishing date: 29 September 2017
A new publication highlighting good practices in identity management, both in providing evidence of identity in the issuance of travel documents and identity cards and in ensuring access to economic, civil and political rights, was launched at an event in Vienna on 29 September 2017. The Compendium
OSCE Mission to Montenegro trains State Election Commission on Strategic Planning
Publishing date: 29 September 2017
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro organized a two-day workshop on strategic planning for some 15 members and service staff of the State Election Commission (SEC) on 28 and 29 September 2017 in Podgorica...
OSCE can do more to fight violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism, Chairperson-in-Office Kurz and Special Representative Neumann say
Publishing date: 29 September 2017
VIENNA, 29 September 2017 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Austria’s Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz and his Special Representative Professor Peter Neumann addressed a special meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council today in Vienna to present an expert report on the OSCE’s activities to prevent violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism...
In Georgia, OSCE PA Special Representative urges humanitarian approach to protracted conflicts
Publishing date: 29 September 2017
TBILISI, 29 September 2017 – Concluding a two-day visit to Georgia yesterday, the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Special Representative on the South Caucasus, Kristian Vigenin (MP, Bulgaria), urged continued efforts of reconciliation through improved conditions of the daily lives of people impacted by the protracted conflicts...