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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Slovakia’s OSCE Chairmanship to work towards boosting multilateralism and conflict prevention, State Secretary Lukáš Parízek tells Permanent Council
Publishing date: 19 July 2018
VIENNA, 19 July 2018 – Slovakia’s OSCE Chairmanship next year will pursue strategies that boost multilateralism, promote conflict prevention and focus on addressing the needs of people, said the country’s Foreign and European Affairs State Secretary Lukáš Parízek in Vienna today, as he addressed the Permanent Council on the incoming Chairmanship’s priority areas...
Promoting cyber stability through co-operation between States and private sector explored at meeting of OSCE Permanent Council
Publishing date: 12 July 2018
VIENNA, 12 July 2018- Co-operation between the OSCE’s participating States and role of public-private partnerships in enhancing cyber stability between States was the focus of today’s OSCE Permanent Council meeting in Vienna.
Greater political will is needed to ensure implementation of international commitments, participants say at opening of OSCE PA Annual Session in Berlin
Publishing date: 9 July 2018
BERLIN, 8 July 2018 – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s 2018 Annual Session opened today in Berlin with calls for greater political will to ensure the full implementation of international commitments found in the Helsinki Final Act and other OSCE documents. As elected representatives of the people, members of parliament have a key role to play in building support among decision-makers in governments for ensuring compliance with these commitments, speakers said at the Annual Session’s opening plenary session.
OSCE co-organizes sub-regional training course in Bucharest on role of information and communication technologies in context of regional and international security
Publishing date: 28 June 2018
Some 40 officials and experts from eight OSCE participating States in South-Eastern Europe gathered in Bucharest on 27 and 28 June 2018 for a sub-regional training course organized by the OSCE and Romania’s Foreign Ministry on the role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the context of regional and international security...
OSCE trains law enforcement officials in Kazakhstan on countering cybercrime
Publishing date: 28 May 2018
An OSCE-supported five-day training seminar on countering cybercrime for representatives of Kazakhstan’s governmental institutions and law-enforcement agencies concluded on 25 May 2018 in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Digital Security and Media Literacy in focus at the Ninth OSCE Forum on Internet Development in Central Asia
Publishing date: 17 May 2018
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 17 May 2018 – The OSCE-supported Ninth Annual Central Asian Forum on Internet Development began today in Almaty, Kazakhstan...
Protections against cyber threats must build trust and uphold fundamental freedoms, say OSCE parliamentarians at Lisbon conference
Publishing date: 9 May 2018
LISBON, 8 May 2018 – Governments, parliaments and international organizations should address the growing challenges associated with information and communications technology (ICT) by enhancing co-operation and implementing policies to bridge gaps in current legal frameworks, participants said today at a conference in Lisbon organized by the Portuguese Parliament and co-hosted by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly. Ensuring that freedom of information and individual privacy are not infringed upon while countering cyber threats is equally important, they said...