News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE supports workshop on impact of environmental problems in Eastern Caspian Sea region
Publishing date: 10 April 2006
AKTAU, Kazakhstan, 10 April 2006- Regional environmental problems of the Eastern Caspian Sea and the impact on the local population is the focus of a workshop, organized by the Environment and Security initiative and supported by the OSCE...
OSCE Chairman calls on Uzbekistan to make domestic reforms and strengthen civil society
Publishing date: 2 April 2006
TASHKENT, 1 April 2006- On the final stop of his visit to Central Asia to strengthen its relations with the OSCE, the Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, met top officials and civil society representatives in Uzbekistan...
20,000 trees to be planted in Tajikistan under OSCE Centre environmental project
Publishing date: 30 March 2006
DUSHANBE, 30 March 2006- An awareness-raising campaign on environmental protection, biodiversity and the effects of deforestation was launched today in the southern Tajik town of Kurgon-Teppa as part of an OSCE Centre in Dushanbe project...
OSCE Baku conference focuses on enhancing transport security and co-operation
Publishing date: 16 March 2006
BAKU, 16 March 2006- The role of transport in promoting regional co-operation and security is the focus of an OSCE conference that opened today in Baku. It brought together over 180 participants, representing governments, international...
OSCE Office helps open Aarhus environmental information Centre in Armenia's Tavush province
Publishing date: 13 March 2006
YERAVAN, 13 March 2006- The OSCE Office in Yerevan has supported the opening of an Aarhus public environmental information Centre in the capital of Armenia's Tavush province, Idjevan. "The Centre will promote...
OSCE Centre in Almaty helps entrepreneurs contribute to national pollutant register
Publishing date: 24 February 2006
ALMATY, 23 February 2006- The OSCE Centre in Almaty and the Kazakhstan Business Council for Sustainable Development is organizing training for entrepreneurs on an international protocol that is expected to reduce the level of pollution...
Environmental concerns in Ferghana valley to top agenda of OSCE meeting in Bishkek
Publishing date: 10 February 2006
VIENNA/BISHKEK, 10 February 2006- Regional environmental and security challenges, especially in the Ferghana Valley, will be the focus of an OSCE and the United Nations Development Programme meeting in Bishkek on 13 and 14 February...