News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Strengthening national responses and regional co-operation: National Anti-Trafficking Co-ordinators and Rapporteurs from across the OSCE region meet in Bratislava
Publishing date: 23 October 2019
National Anti-Trafficking Co-ordinators and Rapporteurs from 42 countries across the OSCE region gathered in Bratislava on 22 and 23 October 2019 for the largest annual meeting of this kind at the international level. They discussed how to address current human trafficking-related challenges and foster the implementation of international commitments, policies and standards set forth by the OSCE and the Council of Europe’s Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings...
Press Statement of Special Representative of OSCE Chair in Ukraine and in TCG Sajdik after Meeting of TCG and working groups on 15 Oct 2019
Publishing date: 15 October 2019
MINSK, 15 October 2019 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group, Ambassador Martin Sajdik, made the following statement to the press after the meeting of the TCG and its working groups in Minsk on 15 October 2019:...
OSCE Ambassadors visit Central Asia
Publishing date: 11 October 2019
From 6 to 11 October 2019, a group of twenty-one Permanent Representatives to the OSCE visited Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan to reconfirm their strong support for strengthening the OSCE’s co-operation with each of the three countries.
Two-day 5+2 talks on the Transdniestrian settlement process conclude in Bratislava
Publishing date: 10 October 2019
BRATISLAVA, 10 October 2019- The two-day 5+2 talks on the Permanent Conference on Political Issues in the Framework of the Negotiation Process on the Transdniestrian Settlement concluded today with the Sides, mediators and observers noting that work to agree on a new Bratislava Protocol will continue.
PRESS COMMUNIQUÉ OF THE CO-CHAIRS OF THE GENEVA INTERNATIONAL DISCUSSIONS
Publishing date: 9 October 2019
GENEVA, 9 October 2019- The 49th round of the Geneva International Discussions (GID) took place today.
Digital technologies in combating corruption focus of OSCE high-level regional conference in Almaty
Publishing date: 9 October 2019
The role of digital technologies and tools in reducing corruption risks was the focus of a two-day high-level regional conference organized by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA) in co-operation with the 2019 Slovak OSCE Chairmanship and the Anti-Corruption Agency of Kazakhstan on 7 and 8 October 2019 in Almaty...
Visit of OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Special Representative on Gender to Ukraine highlights country’s progress on women, peace and security
Publishing date: 7 October 2019
KYIV, 7 October 2019 – “I am struck by how much progress — genuine progress — has been made. But we need to build on this and keep the momentum going,” said the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Gender, Melanne Verveer, concluding her five-day visit to Ukraine. In line with the focus of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Slovakia, Miroslav Lajčák, on the crisis in and around Ukraine, Verveer’s trip centred on the role of women in peace and security, as well as the effects and prevention of gender-based violence. The visit included activities in both Kyiv and Donetsk regions.