News and press releases

Good practices in applying a gender-sensitive approach to the development of labour migration policies were the focus of a regional workshop organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Riga on 15 and 16 May 2014.

Representatives from the OSCE and the Council of Europe met on 12 and 13 May 2014 in Tirana to co-ordinate their work on local government issues in southeastern Europe...

Key challenges in ensuring the independence and accountability of associations, as well as providing for their funding, were the focus of a roundtable discussion organized in Warsaw by ODIHR and the Venice Commission on 6 and 7 May 2014.

VIENNA, 30 April 2014- The April 5 presidential and provincial council elections in Afghanistan demonstrated that the Afghan people had “rejected violence as a means of political transition and opted for a political process”, Ján Kubiš, the United Nations Special Representative for Afghanistan and Head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), said in his address to the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna on 30 April 2014.

ASHGABAT, 18 April 2014 – An OSCE-supported course for parliamentarians and lawyers on the contemporary techniques of drafting legislation concluded in Ashgabat today.

SEMEY, Kazakhstan, 16 April 2014 – Promoting the role of political parties in parliamentary activities in Kazakhstan is the main topic of a two-day seminar supported by the OSCE Centre in Astana. The event, which brought together 25 representatives of national political parties and civil society, began today in Semey, eastern region of Kazakhstan...

As part of the project supporting participation of Gagauz youth in public and political life, the OSCE Mission to Moldova organized the first master class for students of Comrat University, in Gagauzia, on 14 April 2014. The invited guest, Hungarian Ambassador Mátyás Szilágyi, discussed with the students the rights of national minorities in Hungary...