News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Use of electronic voting and upholding existing election standards focus of OSCE expert meeting
Publishing date: 16 September 2010
VIENNA, 16 September 2010- An expert meeting on the use of electronic voting in OSCE participating States- as well as the lessons learned from countries that have moved away from such systems- started in Vienna today...
Statement by OSCE, UN and EU Special Envoys on the situation in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 14 September 2010
BISHKEK, 14 September 2010- Zhanybek Karibzhanov, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office's Special Envoy; Pierre Morel, the EU Special Representative; and Miroslav Jenca, the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative, issued the following statement today:
OSCE Chairperson condemns terrorist attack in Vladikavkaz, expresses condolences
Publishing date: 9 September 2010
ASTANA, 9 September 2010- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan's Secretary of State and Minister of Foreign Affairs Kanat Saudabayev, condemned today's bomb attack at the central market in the southern Russian city of Vladikavkaz...
OSCE Chairperson issues statement on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
Publishing date: 6 September 2010
ASTANA, 6 September 2010- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan's Secretary of State and Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev, made the following statement today:
100 days to Astana Summit, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office says States must seek joint response to common threats
Publishing date: 23 August 2010
ASTANA, 23 August 2010- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan's Secretary of State and Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev, today said the Summit on 1 and 2 December in Astana represented a unique opportunity to respond to common security threats...
Kazakhstan's President welcomes decision to hold OSCE Summit in December in Astana
Publishing date: 5 August 2010
ASTANA, 5 August 2010- Nursultan Nazarbayev, the President of Kazakhstan, OSCE Chairmanship in 2010 today welcomed the decision by the OSCE Ministerial Council to hold an OSCE Summit in Astana on 1 and 2 December 2010. He made the following statement...
After 35 years Helsinki Final Act has not lost relevance, says OSCE Chairperson-in-Office
Publishing date: 29 July 2010
ASTANA, 29 July 2010- The Helsinki Final Act remains as relevant today as it was when it was signed 35 years ago, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan's Foreign Minister and Secretary of State Kanat Saudabayev, said ahead of the anniversary...