News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Intelligence-led policing in focus of OSCE Annual Police Experts Meeting in Vienna
Publishing date: 9 June 2016
VIENNA, 9 June 2016 – Over 100 law enforcement experts, academics and representatives from international and regional organizations as well as the OSCE’s 57 participating States and Partners for Co-operation, gathered in Vienna today for the two-day OSCE Annual Police Experts Meeting, which focuses on a modern policing decision-making model...
When politics stall, the European Convention on Human Rights moves us forward, says Council of Europe Secretary General at OSCE Permanent Council
Publishing date: 9 June 2016
VIENNA, 9 June 2016 – Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland, in his address to the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna, highlighted the value of the Human Rights Convention and called on the 57 OSCE participating States to “put these shared standards and common laws at the heart of our approach to stability in Europe and beyond.”...
2016 OSCE Asian Conference on Strengthening Comprehensive Security opens in Bangkok
Publishing date: 6 June 2016
BANGKOK, 6 June 2016 – Joining forces in combatting violent extremism, terrorism and human trafficking, building interstate confidence in cyber space and promoting sustainable development and good migration governance is critical to ensuring comprehensive security in the OSCE area and its neighborhood, emphasized participants at the opening of the OSCE Asian Conference in Bangkok today...
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...
Democratic control over armed forces facilitates rule of law and human rights in the military sector, say participants at OSCE conference in Berlin
Publishing date: 2 June 2016
BERLIN, 2 June 2016- Strengthening parliamentary control and oversight of the security sector through raising awareness of the OSCE Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects is vital to building trust among OSCE participating States and to prevent conflicts, said participants at the start of a two-day conference in Berlin today...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Germany’s Foreign Minister Steinmeier welcomes resumption of negotiations on the Transdniestria conflict
Publishing date: 2 June 2016
BERLIN, 2 June 2016- OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier today welcomed the resumption of negotiations on the Transdniestria conflict from 2 to 3 June 2016 in the guesthouse of Germany’s Federal Foreign Office, Villa Borsig, in Berlin...
OSCE Chairperson and German Foreign Minister Steinmeier and German Interior Minister de Maizière open high-level OSCE Counter-Terrorism Conference
Publishing date: 31 May 2016
BERLIN, 31 May 2016 – Violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism can only be effectively addressed through a broad range of measures, co-ordinated in a joint international effort, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, and Germany’s Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière said today as they opened a high-level OSCE-wide Counter-Terrorism Conference in Berlin...