News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Forum for Security Co-operation explores UN and OSCE efforts in curbing threat posed by small arms and light weapons
Publishing date: 21 February 2018
VIENNA, 21 February 2018- The United Nations Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) in All its Aspects complements the OSCE’s work in this area and both are fundamental to the security and stability of participating States, said speakers at today’s OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation meeting in Vienna, held under Slovakia’s Chairmanship...
Advancing Kyrgyz Republic’s national interests through security sector reform
Publishing date: 16 February 2018
The Rector of the Kyrgyz Presidential Academy of Public Administration, Almaz Nasyrov, participated in the joint session of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation and the OSCE Permanent Council on Security Sector Governance and Reform (SSG/R) on 14 February 2018 in Vienna, Austria.
Forum for Security Co-operation/Permanent Council meeting highlights the importance of a strategic OSCE approach in assisting national Security Sector Governance and Reform processes
Publishing date: 14 February 2018
VIENNA, 14 February 2018 – The OSCE, because of its comprehensive approach to security, is well positioned to support States on their national Security Sector Governance and Reform programmes, said speakers at today’s joint meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation and Permanent Council in Vienna...
Transparent and reliable military information vital for addressing key security challenges, say participants of OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation
Publishing date: 31 January 2018
VIENNA, 31 January 2018- The importance of transparent and reliable military information for countering the deliberate or undeliberate misinterpretation of data on military activities that may heighten tensions between participating States, and even escalate protracted conflicts, was emphasized at today’s OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC) meeting in Vienna, held under Slovakia’s Chairmanship...
OSCE and UNODC sign new 2018-2019 joint action plan
Publishing date: 31 January 2018
VIENNA, 31 January 2018 – A plan for joint action by the OSCE and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) for the period 2018-2019 was signed by OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger and UNODC Executive Director Yury Fedotov today at the OSCE Secretariat in Vienna.
PA President stresses value of OSCE, calls for greater support for organization
Publishing date: 25 January 2018
VIENNA, 25 January 2018 – In his first address to the OSCE Permanent Council, OSCE President George Tsereteli (MP, Georgia) today called on the Organization’s participating States to ensure the effective functioning of the OSCE, noting it is one of the leanest and most flexible organizations in the world.
OSCE-supported Security Policy Course concludes in Sarajevo
Publishing date: 14 December 2017
The annual Security Policy Course, which gathered 30 officials from governmental institutions, police, armed forces, parliaments and representatives of civil society and academia in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), concluded on 14 December 2017 in Sarajevo. The course was organized by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina in co-operation with the Council of Ministers’ Inter-Ministerial Working Group for BiH Security Policy Implementation...