News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE-supported conference focuses on trans-boundary conservation and sustainable development in Dniester River basin
Publishing date: 20 September 2013
CHISINAU, 20 September 2013 – An OSCE-supported international conference on the environmental state of the Dniestr/Nistru River started today in Chisinau...
OSCE Centre supports Central Asian Leadership Programme training on environment, sustainable development
Publishing date: 17 September 2013
More than 30 young civil society leaders and professionals from Central Asia and Afghanistan are taking part in a nine-day Central Asian Leadership Programme training on the environment and sustainable development, which began in Almaty, Kazakhstan on 16 September 2013...
First meeting of OSCE-supported body on improving investment climate took place in Tajikistan’s Rasht Valley
Publishing date: 16 September 2013
The first assembly of the Rasht Valley Consultative Council for improvement of investment climate was held on 13 September 2013 in the town of Darband in Nurobad district east of Dushanbe...
OSCE organizes national cycle ride in Tashkent to promote environmental sustainability
Publishing date: 15 September 2013
TASHKENT, 15 September 2013 –The OSCE Project Co-ordinator and the non-governmental organization Ecological Movement of Uzbekistan ran today a national cycle event in the streets of Tashkent, to promote environmental, social and economic sustainability...
OSCE meeting in Prague addresses environmental impact of energy-related activities
Publishing date: 11 September 2013
PRAGUE, 11 September 2013 – Ukrainian Foreign Minister, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Leonid Kozhara opened today a three-day OSCE conference in Prague which gathered representatives of the OSCE participating States, international and non-governmental organizations as well as experts to discuss how the OSCE can contribute to energy sustainability and prevent adverse environmental impacts of energy-related activities...
Toxic rocket fuel component fully removed from Eastern Ukraine with OSCE support
Publishing date: 4 September 2013
SHEVCHENKOVE, Ukraine, 4 September 2013 – Seven-hundred and sixty tonnes of mélange, a highly toxic Soviet-era rocket fuel component, were shipped today from Ukraine to Russia to be processed into chemical products for civilian use, under an OSCE-supported project...
Public hearings on Tajikistan’s Environmental Code concluded with OSCE support
Publishing date: 27 August 2013
DUSHANBE, 27 August 2013 – The OSCE Office in Tajikistan held the last round of public hearings on the final draft of the Environmental Code for Tajikistan.The final draft was developed and presented to government and civil society representatives by the working group on the development of the National Environmental Code, which consisted of Tajik and international experts. The document incorporated the comments received during other sessions of public hearings held in all the regions of Tajikistan in June 2013...