News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairmanship gender representative visits Moldova
Publishing date: 11 April 2011
The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Gender Issues, Wendy Patten, is visiting Moldova from 9 to 15 April 2011. Her visit focuses on domestic violence, a persistent challenge for OSCE participating States. The visit highlights the importance of serious and sustained efforts by governments to address this human rights issue, working in collaboration with civil society actors...
Experts discuss security community, partnerships for change at OSCE Talks Vilnius seminar
Publishing date: 6 April 2011
Leading researchers, students and OSCE representatives met at the Institute of International Relations and Political Science at Vilnius University on 5 April 2011 to discuss Euro-Atlantic security and multi-track diplomacy.
UN Secretary General, OSCE Chairperson discuss international community’s engagement with Egypt and Tunisia
Publishing date: 5 April 2011
VILNIUS, 5 April 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, and the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, today discussed support the international community can provide to Egypt and Tunisia...
OSCE Chairperson, Kazakhstan's Foreign Minister discuss presidential election
Publishing date: 5 April 2011
VILNIUS, 5 April 2011- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, today discussed Kazakhstan's 3 April presidential elections with Kazakhstan's Secretary of State and Foreign Minister, Kanat Saudabayev...
5+2 meeting focuses on resumption of official negotiations on the Transdniestrian settlement
Publishing date: 5 April 2011
VIENNA, 5 April 2011 – Resumption of the official negotiations in the Transdniestrian settlement process was the focus of a 4-5 April informal meeting of the participants in the 5+2 Transdniestrian settlement process chaired by the Special Representative of the Lithuanian Chairperson-in-Office of OSCE for protracted conflicts, Ambassador Giedrius Čekuolis...
Need for integrated and co-ordinated policies for sustainable transport focus of OSCE meeting
Publishing date: 4 April 2011
DRUSKININKAI, Lithuania, 4 April 2011 – The need for co-ordinated policies to ensure transport grows sustainably to benefit the environment as well as the economy is the topic of a two-day preparatory meeting that opened today in the Lithuanian town of Druskininkai...
OSCE Chairperson condemns killing of UN workers in Afghanistan
Publishing date: 1 April 2011
VILNIUS, 1 April 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, condemned the killing of UN workers and local residents by a mob of protestors who stormed the UN compound in the town of Mazar-e Sharif in northern Afghanistan today...