News and press releases

OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 9 November 2011 – A final conference of a project under which the OSCE provided training to Water User Associations (WUA), irrigation equipment and construction material for canal renovation to reduce the potential for conflict over water distribution in Kyrgyzstan, took place today...

TASHKENT, 9 November 2011 – The advantages of international agreements on transport and harmonization of legislation as well as the environmental security aspects of transport are the focus of a two-day OSCE-supported seminar which started in Tashkent today...

YEREVAN, 7 November 2011 – Carel Hofstra, Acting Head of the OSCE Office in Yerevan, and Armenian Minister of Emergency Situations Armen Yeritsyan signed a memorandum of understanding today to launch an environmental security project to address the risks of a toxic waste site...

ASHGABAT, 3 November 2011 – International policy makers and experts on energy diplomacy will discuss energy markets and security at a two-day OSCE Chairmanship high-level conference on “Integrating Global Energy Markets – Providing Energy Security” that started today in Ashgabat...

BAKU, 3 November 2011 – The OSCE Office in Baku, the Emergency Situations Ministry of Azerbaijan and the International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds (IOPC) are co-hosting a two-day workshop on international compensation and liability regimes for oil spills incidents at sea that started in Baku today...

SOUTHAMPTON, United Kingdom, 21 October 2011 – Kazakhstani government officials and oil industry executives concluded a two-day study tour today in the British port city of Southampton to learn about contemporary approaches to oil spill preparedness and response...

KYZYLORDA, Kazakhstan, 18 October 2011- An OSCE-supported conference on biodiversity conservation, climate change response, sustainable development and comprehensive integrated water resources management (IWRM) in Kazakhstan’s Aral Sea Basin Area started today in Kyzylorda, Southern Kazakhstan...