News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE meeting focuses on role of election observation in promoting democracy and security
Publishing date: 12 July 2012
VIENNA, 12 July 2012 – Election observation and the recommendations provided by observation missions of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) are key to promoting democracy and security, participants said today at the opening of a two-day OSCE meeting in Vienna...
OSCE Chairperson strongly regrets Belarus travel ban on civil society activist
Publishing date: 12 July 2012
DUBLIN, 12 July 2012 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Eamon Gilmore, expressed his strong regret about the Belarusian authorities’ decision to prevent a Belarusian civil society activist from travelling to an OSCE meeting in Vienna today...
In Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSCE Chairmanship representative urges constructive approach by all political forces to deliver necessary reforms
Publishing date: 9 July 2012
SARAJEVO, 9 July 2012- The Representative of the Irish Chair-in-Office of the OSCE, Minister for European Affairs Lucinda Creighton, visiting Bosnia and Herzegovina today urged the authorities to implement vital democratic reforms...
Human rights tops agenda at OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Annual Session
Publishing date: 5 July 2012
MONACO, 5 July 2012 – More than 270 parliamentarians from more than 50 countries today opened the 21st Annual Session of the OSCE Parliamentary with an agenda packed with measures to address human rights and security challenges across Europe, Central Asia and North America...
OSCE Chairmanship representative, in Podgorica, welcomes Montenegro’s reform progress, urges further action
Publishing date: 5 July 2012
PODGORICA, 5 July 2012- The Representative of the Irish Chair-in- Office of the OSCE, Minister for European Affairs Lucinda Creighton, welcomed Montenegro’s progress in democratic reforms during a visit to Podgorica today...
Extraordinary IPRM meeting takes place in Zardiantkari
Publishing date: 2 July 2012
ZARDIANTKARI, 2 July 2012- On 1 July 2012, an extraordinary meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism, co-facilitated by the EUMM and the OSCE, took place in the village of Zardiantkari...
Security community attainable with pragmatic steps, say participants at annual OSCE security conference
Publishing date: 26 June 2012
VIENNA, 26 June 2012 – Taking pragmatic steps in areas of common ground is the best way forward to building a security community in the OSCE area, speakers told the OSCE’s Annual Security Review Conference (ASRC) in Vienna today...