News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Combating oil pollution of Issyk-Kul Lake in focus at OSCE-supported discussion
Publishing date: 29 November 2013
BALYKCHY, Kyrgyzstan, 29 November 2013 – An OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on oil pollution in Kyrgyzstan’s largest lake Issyk-Kul took place today in the lakeside town of Balykchy...
OSCE Centre helps promote green growth in Western Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 22 November 2013
URALSK, Kazakhstan, 22 November 2013 – More than 70 participants took part in an OSCE-supported regional conference on green growth and Kazakhstan’s transition to the green economy, held today in Uralsk, Western Kazakhstan...
Small hydroelectric power plants in Rasht Valley of Tajikistan and their impact on local development focus of OSCE report
Publishing date: 15 November 2013
The OSCE Office in Tajikistan today presented an assessment on the social-economic impact of small hydroelectric power plants in the Rasht Valley of central Tajikistan.
OSCE promotes water resource management in Central Asia
Publishing date: 12 November 2013
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 12 November 2013 – An OSCE-supported publication on advanced practices in integrated water resource management (IWRM) was presented at the Kazakh-German University in Almaty today...
OSCE presents and discusses remediation scenarios of Nubarashen toxic burial site in Armenia
Publishing date: 29 October 2013
Outcomes of a two-year OSCE-supported project studying the obsolete pesticides and persistent organic pollutants in the Nubarashen burial site, located near Yerevan, and their impact on the environment were presented and discussed today.
OSCE supports seminar in southern Kazakhstan on water resources management
Publishing date: 21 October 2013
A six-day seminar on integrated water resources management in the context of the national green economy strategy began on 21 October 2013 at the Korkyt Ata State University in Kyzylorda, southern Kazakhstan. The seminar is taking place at a Training Centre established with the OSCE Centre’s support...
Review needed on OSCE response to economic and environmental threats, Secretary General tells annual meeting
Publishing date: 21 October 2013
The OSCE needs to develop its capacity to respond to ‘very tangible’ threats to security imposed by economic and environmental factors such as water, resource sharing, energy, migration and climate change, OSCE Secretary General told an annual meeting on the topic on 21 October 2013 in Vienna.