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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Law enforcement agencies should embrace Artificial Intelligence to enhance their efficiency and effectiveness, say police experts at OSCE meeting
Publishing date: 23 September 2019
VIENNA, 23 September 2019- Law enforcement authorities and agencies should embrace Artificial Intelligence (AI) in their work to increase their efficiency and effectiveness, and to keep up with technological innovations, said opening speakers at the 2019 OSCE Annual Police Experts Meeting in Vienna today. This technology must be used in strict compliance with human rights and fundamental freedoms, they added...
Press Statement of Special Representative of OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Sajdik after meeting of Trilateral Contact Group in Minsk on 18 September 2019
Publishing date: 18 September 2019
MINSK, 18 September 2019 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), Ambassador Martin Sajdik, made the following statement to the press after the meeting of the TCG and its working groups in Minsk on 18 September 2019:
How we co-operate on energy, deal with new technologies, increase connectivity in the digital era – focus of OSCE Forum in Prague
Publishing date: 11 September 2019
PRAGUE, 11 September 2019 – New and emerging technologies in relation to energy security, good governance and connectivity in the digital era, are the focus of 27th OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum which opened today in Prague...
Officials and experts deliver strong message at high-level Bratislava conference: security sector governance and reform can prevent conflict, and is worth investing in
Publishing date: 9 September 2019
BRATISLAVA, 9 September 2019 – Some 160 representatives, policy makers and national security advisers from OSCE participating States and Partners for Co-operation, as well as experts and practitioners from international and regional organizations and academia, attended today in Bratislava the fourth thematic conference of the 2019 Slovak OSCE Chair, which focused on Security Sector Governance and Reform (SSG/R). In particular, the conference sought to unpack the role of SSG/R in preventing conflict, sustaining peace and promoting comprehensive security for all.
OSCE Chair Lajčák and OSCE Secretary General Greminger welcome exchange of detainees between Russia and Ukraine
Publishing date: 7 September 2019
BRATISLAVA/VIENNA, 7 September 2019- The OSCE Chair and Minister for Foreign and European Affairs of Slovakia, Miroslav Lajčák, and OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger welcomed today’s conclusion of an exchange of detainees between the Russian Federation and Ukraine...
Press Statement of Special Representative of OSCE Chair in Ukraine and in Trilateral Contact Group Sajdik after Meeting of TCG and working groups in Minsk on 4 Sep 2019
Publishing date: 4 September 2019
MINSK, 4 September 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 4 September 2019:...
OSCE trains border management professionals in applying democratic security sector governance to border security management
Publishing date: 4 September 2019
BRATISLAVA, 4 September 2019 –A three-day advanced training course exploring the connection between security sector governance and reform (SSG/R) and border security management, hosted by the Slovak OSCE Chairmanship, concluded today.