News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Special Representative Sajdik and Chief Monitor Apakan welcome recommitment to the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine
Publishing date: 6 July 2018
KYIV, 6 July 2018 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and the Trilateral Contact Group, Martin Sajdik, and the Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), Ertugrul Apakan, today welcomed the reduction in the number of ceasefire violations that has occurred since recommitment to the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, which came into effect shortly after midnight on 1 July 2018...
Countering violence against women requires raising awareness of its multiple forms, stepping up comprehensive responses, say OSCE meeting participants
Publishing date: 2 July 2018
VIENNA, 2 July 2018 – Strengthening law-enforcement and judicial responses to violence against women, raising awareness about its multiple and invisible forms and empowering victims are crucial elements of any effective strategy to prevent such violence, participants said today at the opening of a two-day OSCE conference in Vienna...
OSCE Police Academies Network launched to strengthen police training and co-operation
Publishing date: 29 June 2018
To promote and support international police training and co-operation, the OSCE Police Academies Network (PAN) was established in Vienna on 29 June 2018 as an outcome of a project developed by the Strategic Police Matters Unit at the Transnational Threats Department...
Press Statement of Special Representative of OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Sajdik after Trilateral Contact Group Meeting of 27 June 2018
Publishing date: 27 June 2018
MINSK, 27 June 2018 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), Ambassador Martin Sajdik, made the following statement to the press after the meeting of the TCG and its Working Groups in Minsk on 27 June 2018:
Need to fully exploit OSCE’s potential stressed at OSCE Annual Security Review Conference
Publishing date: 26 June 2018
VIENNA 26 June 2018 – High-level representatives of the 57 OSCE participating States, Partners for Co-operation and partnering organizations convened in Vienna today for deep and wide-ranging discussions on current security threats and challenges for Europe and the OSCE’s role in addressing them. The three-day Annual Security Review Conference is being hosted by the Italian OSCE Chairmanship under the motto “Dialogue, ownership and responsibility.”
Group of OSCE Permanent Representatives return from fruitful trip to three countries of South Caucasus
Publishing date: 22 June 2018
VIENNA, 22 June 2018- From 18 to 22 June 2018, a group of 24 Permanent Representatives to the OSCE visited Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan. The trip, the first in several years in this format, aimed at reconfirming the ambassadors’ strong interest in peace, stability and prosperity in the region, in line with OSCE commitments and principles, as well as their support for stronger OSCE engagement in each of the three countries.
Press Communiqué of the Co-Chairs of the Geneva International Discussions
Publishing date: 20 June 2018
GENEVA, Switzerland, 20 June 2018- The 44th round of the Geneva International Discussions has just concluded...