News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Regional stability in focus as OSCE Chairperson visits Tajikistan
Publishing date: 16 May 2011
DUSHANBE, 16 May 2011 – The OSCE is working intensively to support Tajikistan in strengthening the management and security of its border with Afghanistan, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, said today during a visit to Dushanbe...
OSCE Chairperson says human rights are basis for democratic society
Publishing date: 12 May 2011
VILNIUS, 12 May 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister, Audronius Ažubalis, celebrating today's 35th anniversary of the Moscow Helsinki Group, underlined its invaluable contribution to the development of civil society that inspired democratic changes in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe...
OSCE explores next steps in strengthening comprehensive cyber security
Publishing date: 9 May 2011
VIENNA, 9 May 2011- The OSCE’s future role in tackling challenges arising from cyberspace security is the topic of a two-day international conference that started in Vienna today...
12th IPRM meeting takes place in Dvani
Publishing date: 5 May 2011
DVANI, 5 May 2011- The 12th meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism took place in Dvani today. The meeting was co-facilitated by the EUMM and the OSCE...
Director of Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia addresses OSCE, stresses need for closer regional co-operation
Publishing date: 5 May 2011
VIENNA, 5 May 2011- Executive Director of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA), Ambassador Çınar Aldemir, in his address to the OSCE Permanent Council today emphasized the need for the two organizations to work together closer in addressing challenges in the region in all security dimensions..
‘Post-conflict rehabilitation: stabilization, reconstruction and peacebuilding’ focus of OSCE workshop
Publishing date: 2 May 2011
Lithuania's OSCE Chairmanship, with the support of the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre, is hosting a workshop in Vienna on the post-conflict rehabilitation capacity of the Organization. The event is the second in a series of expert meetings on early warning, conflict prevention, crisis management and post-conflict rehabilitation taking place under the “V[ienna] to V[ilnius] Dialogue”...
Threats to journalists cannot be tolerated, says OSCE Chairperson ahead of World Press Freedom Day
Publishing date: 2 May 2011
VILNIUS, 2 May 2011- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, speaking ahead of World Press Freedom Day on 3 May, called for OSCE states to do more to protect journalists...