News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Increasing the human rights knowledge of the Armed Forces of Montenegro through OSCE Mission’s training program
Publishing date: 11 September 2014
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro, in partnership with the Defence Ministry of Montenegro, organized pre-deployment human rights training for personnel from the Armed Forces of Montenegro who will be engaged in upcoming international missions. The training was held on 4th and 5th September 2014, in Danilovgrad...
OSCE Mission, Defence Ministry to host human rights training course for Montenegrin Armed Forces
Publishing date: 3 September 2014
PODGORICA, 3 September 2014 – The OSCE Mission to Montenegro and the country’s Defence Ministry will host tomorrow on 4 September a pre-deployment human rights training for armed forces to be engaged in international missions...
OSCE meeting in Turkmenistan looks at export control, transshipment of weapons of mass destruction
Publishing date: 25 July 2014
ASHGABAT, 25 July 2014 –OSCE efforts to implement United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1540 on non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and their means of delivery was a focus at an OSCE-supported roundtable discussion that concluded in Ashgabat today...
After 20 years, OSCE Code of Conduct still plays essential role in setting norms in security sector governance
Publishing date: 8 July 2014
VIENNA, 8 July 2014 – Twenty years after its adoption, the OSCE Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects remains an indispensable instrument in exercising democratic control of the armed and security forces, guaranteeing their political neutrality, fostering human rights of service personnel, and governing security relations between States, stressed the speakers at the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Code of Conduct held today in Vienna.
OSCE and UN co-operation in security sector governance and reform discussed at joint conference in Vienna
Publishing date: 7 July 2014
Co-operation between the OSCE and the United Nations in security sector governance and reform (SSG/R) was the topic of a conference that took place in Vienna on 7 July 2014. The conference was jointly organized by the OSCE and the UN and co-hosted by Switzerland and Slovakia...
Ukraine crisis tops agenda of OSCE annual conference in Vienna
Publishing date: 24 June 2014
VIENNA, 24 June 2014 – Strengthening the OSCE’s role in existing conflicts – particularly Ukraine – tops the agenda at the Organization’s annual security review conference starting in Vienna today, with discussions also covering military stability and transparency, transnational threats and Afghanistan...
OSCE PA Annual Session: confidence-building in military sphere the focus of First Committee resolution
Publishing date: 13 June 2014
COPENHAGEN, 13 June 2014 – Enhanced confidence-building measures in the military sphere, democratic control of countries’ armed forces and a comprehensive assessment of cyber threats are among key recommendations made by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Committee on Political Affairs and Security (First Committee) in its draft resolution for the PA’s upcoming Annual Session...