News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Co-operation with Mediterranean region is an objective necessity, says Albanian Foreign Minister Cakaj opening OSCE Mediterranean Conference in Tirana
Publishing date: 24 October 2019
TIRANA, 24 October 2019 – While Albania looks to Europe for its future, our history, geography and economy are rooted in the Mediterranean region, stated today in Tirana Albania’s Acting Foreign Affairs Minister Gent Cakaj, while opening 2019 OSCE Mediterranean Conference...
OSCE and UNECE join forces on strengthening security of inland freight routes
Publishing date: 4 September 2019
GENEVA, Switzerland, 4 September 2019 –The wide array of regionally and internationally available security standards, instruments, technologies and methodologies at the disposal of governments to address the critical security risks faced by their inland transport systems was the focus of a joint OSCE-UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Inland Transport Security Discussion Forum on Strengthening Security on Inland Freight Routes that ended today in Geneva...
Strong partnerships key for security in the digital era – main message from opening of 2019 OSCE Asian Conference in Tokyo
Publishing date: 2 September 2019
Tokyo, 2 September 2019 – Speaker after speaker reconfirmed that strengthening co-operation between OSCE participating States and its Asian Partners for Co-operation is key to achieving comprehensive security in the digital era at today’s opening of the 20th Asian Conference in Japan.
Action-oriented dialogue and co-operation in Mediterranean a must for successfully governing energy use impacts, OSCE conference in Malaga concludes
Publishing date: 26 October 2018
MALAGA, Spain, 26 October 2018- Growing economic and human interconnectedness have triggered developments that Europe and the Mediterranean region can only successfully govern if countries join forces in action-oriented dialogue and co-operation, say participants at 2018 OSCE Mediterranean Conference closing today in Malaga...
Energy as fuel for economic growth the focus of 2018 OSCE Mediterranean conference in Malaga
Publishing date: 25 October 2018
MALAGA, Spain, 25 October 2018 – Energy is the fuel that powers economic growth, and as such plays a vital role in the national security of each OSCE participating State and Mediterranean Partner for Co-operation, said participants at today’s opening of the OSCE Mediterranean Conference in Malaga, Spain...
Effective multilateralism for regional security challenges- Austrian Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl opens high-level conference on Europe and Asia Pacific in Vienna
Publishing date: 16 May 2018
VIENNA, 16 May 2018- Austrian Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl opened today the high-level conference Effective Multilateralism in a Globalized World – The Case of Europe and Asia Pacific in Vienna. The conference takes place in the framework of the Austrian Chairmanship of the OSCE Asian Contact Group. It aims to reassess the main security challenges in both the European and Asia-Pacific regions together with representatives of OSCE participating States, international organizations – the United Nations, the OSCE, the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization in particular- but also civil society, academia and the media.
Water connects economic, social and environmental sectors throughout OSCE area; its management in Mediterranean region discussed today in Vienna
Publishing date: 7 May 2018
VIENNA, 7 May 2018 – Perspectives on water management from both sides of the Mediterranean region with a focus on the interconnectivity of its economic, social and environmental challenges, were the focus of today’s OSCE Mediterranean Contact Group discussion held in Vienna...