News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE PA Annual Session: Sanctions against MPs, Russia’s actions in Ukraine, foreign terrorist fighters among proposed supplementary resolutions
Publishing date: 30 June 2015
COPENHAGEN, 30 June 2015 – An argument opposing the use of sanctions against parliamentarians, a condemnation of Russia’s actions in Ukraine and a call to action regarding foreign terrorist fighters are among a diverse group of supplementary items proposed for consideration at the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Annual Session on 5-9 July in Helsinki...
OSCE Programme Office builds capacity of Balkhash-Alakol Water Basin Council
Publishing date: 30 June 2015
An OSCE-supported training seminar and a regular meeting of the Balkhash-Alakol Water Council took place on 30 June 2015 in Almaty, Kazakhstan...
OSCE Programme Office in Astana and Kazakh-German University promote water governance in Central Asia
Publishing date: 26 June 2015
An OSCE-supported Summer School on Integrated Water Resources Management concluded on 26 June 2015 in Almaty, Kazakhstan, with a roundtable discussion on this topic involving experts, researches and representatives of international organizations from the region and beyond...
OSCE supports workshop on public hearings in environmental decision-making in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 26 June 2015
An OSCE-supported workshop on the role of public hearings as a tool for enhancing public participation in environmental decision-making took place on 26 June 2015, in Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan...
OSCE PA Annual Session: Ukraine crisis, refugee tragedy, climate change feature in Draft Resolutions
Publishing date: 25 June 2015
COPENHAGEN, 25 June 2015 – The crisis in and around Ukraine, the plight of migrants and refugees, arms control, climate change and minority rights are among a diverse array of critical security issues on the agenda at the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Annual Session next month...
OSCE-supported High-Level International Conference on Implementation of International Decade for Action "Water for Life", 2005-2015, concluded in Dushanbe
Publishing date: 15 June 2015
The High-level International Conference on the implementation of the International Decade for Action, “Water for Life”, 2005-2015 took place from 8 to 10 June 2015, in Dushanbe...
OSCE supports Belarus and Ukraine in assessing environmental risks to facilitate safe border demarcation in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
Publishing date: 9 June 2015
KYIV, 9 June 2015 – The concluding meeting of the project “Assessment of Environmental Risks in the Exclusion Zone along the Ukrainian and Belarusian Borders” was organized by the OCEEA on 9 June in Kyiv...