News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE supports discussion on how climate change affects food security in Eastern Europe
Publishing date: 27 May 2011
Experts and policy makers from Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine gathered on May 26, 2011 in Kyiv to discuss how food security in the region could be affected by climate change and what measures their governments should start implementing...
OSCE human rights chief offers support for reforms in Morocco
Publishing date: 26 May 2011
RABAT, 26 May 2011- The Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, today concluded a two-day visit to Morocco, stressing that the OSCE's institutions are ready to consider requests for support for the country's ongoing reform efforts...
OSCE organizes discussions on investment in hydropower in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 25 May 2011
More than 40 officials and experts on water energy discussed on 24 May better utilization of hydropower as a step forward in economic development during a seminar in Dushanbe supported by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan and the Tajik-Norwegian Small-scale Hydro Power Initiative (SHP)...
OSCE promotes best practices on trans-boundary water management
Publishing date: 24 May 2011
Participants of a meeting held in Bishkek on 23 May to mark ten years of an OSCE-supported Trans-boundary Water Management Commission between Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, summed up the results achieved under the initiative and charted the way forward.
OSCE Centre trains representatives of Water User Associations in southern Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 23 May 2011
JALAL-ABAD, Kyrgyzstan, 23 May 2011 – A three-day training seminar for the staff of 24 Water User Associations (WUAs) started today in Jalal-Abad in the south of Kyrgyzstan, with support from the OSCE Centre in Bishkek’s Osh field office...
OSCE-Mongolia Conference focuses on enhanced co-operation with Asian Partners in addressing common security challenges
Publishing date: 23 May 2011
ULAANBAATAR, 23 May 2011 – Strengthening synergies between the 56 participating States of the OSCE and its Asian Partners for Co-operation in addressing transnational threats, such as illicit drug trafficking; advancing international economic co-operation, in particular on transport and energy security; as well as promoting human rights and fundamental freedoms in the whole OSCE area, are key topics of the OSCE-Mongolia Conference that started in Ulaanbaatar today...
Co-ordinated response to disasters needed
Publishing date: 20 May 2011
International and regional co-ordination is crucial in the response to the security threats posed by natural and man-made disasters, Ambassador Renatas Norkus, the Chairperson of the Permanent Council, told a meeting of experts and OSCE Ambassadors on 20 May 2011. The meeting was held as part of the "V(ienna) to V(ilnius) Dialogue"...