News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Next phase of OSCE project to remove toxic rocket fuel component from Ukraine starts
Publishing date: 21 December 2012
SHEVCHENKOVE, Ukraine, 21 December 2012- A train carrying 380 tonnes of a toxic rocket fuel component, which had been stored in deteriorating containers, left Ukraine today for Russia as part of a project supported by the OSCE...
OSCE Centre takes part in discussion on transboundary water management co-operation in Central Asia
Publishing date: 20 December 2012
Representatives of the OSCE Centre in Astana joined some forty Central Asian water authority officials, non-governmental organization representatives and independent experts on 20 December 2012 in Almaty, Kazakhstan to discuss the introduction of integrated water resource management principles into the administration of three small transboundary rivers: the Aspar, the Isfara and the Ugam flowing through all Central Asian countries...
OSCE helps reduce flood risk in the Dniester river basin
Publishing date: 17 December 2012
CHERNIVTSI, Ukraine, 17 December 2012- Two automated stations to monitor the water level in the Ukrainian part of the Dniester River basin opened in Western Ukraine today with support from the OSCE...
OSCE helps develop Armenia’s wildfire management strategy
Publishing date: 4 December 2012
YEREVAN, 4 December 2012 – The conclusions of a report on the existing legislative, regulatory and institutional framework for wildfires risk management in Armenia were discussed at an OSCE-supported roundtable discussion in Yerevan today...
OSCE welcomes treaty to sustainably manage Dniestr/Nistru river basin
Publishing date: 29 November 2012
ROME, 29 November 2012 – Representatives of Moldova and Ukraine signed a treaty today in Rome on the sustainable management of the Dniestr/Nistru river basin. The agreement was facilitated by the Environment and Security Initiative (ENVSEC), a joint initiative of the OSCE, the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the United Nations Environment Programme...
OSCE promotes access to environmental information and decision-making in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 26 November 2012
An OSCE-supported two-day training course on the implementation of the Aarhus Convention that gives the public right of access to environmental information, participation and access to justice in governmental decision-making concluded on 23 November 2012 at the Aarhus Centre in Dushanbe...
OSCE supports environmental conference on Black Sea region in Tiraspol
Publishing date: 9 November 2012
TIRASPOL, 9 November 2012 – A two-day international conference on environmental challenges in the Northern Black Sea region started today in Tiraspol. The conference is organized by Transdniestrian regional authorities, academic institutions and NGOs, with the support of the OSCE Mission to Moldova...