News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Social inclusion of migrant workers critical to preventing human trafficking, says OSCE Special Representative on visit to Canada
Publishing date: 12 August 2011
TORONTO, Canada, 12 August 2011 – The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, emphasized prevention as a strategic area of anti-trafficking action during a visit to Canada that concluded today...
Joint statement by heads of mission of EU, NATO, OSCE and US in Skopje on tenth anniversary of Ohrid Framework Agreement
Publishing date: 12 August 2011
SKOPJE, 12 August 2011 – The heads of mission of the European Union, NATO, OSCE, and US issued the following statement today on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the signing of the Ohrid Framework Agreement on 13 August 2001...
‘State union’ concept of Bosnia and Herzegovina has no legal basis, says Head of OSCE Mission
Publishing date: 11 August 2011
SARAJEVO, 11 August 2011- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ambassador Gary D. Robbins, expressed profound concern today over recent statements by public officials asserting that Bosnia and Herzegovina is a “state union” deriving its sovereignty from the entities...
OSCE media freedom representative urges Skopje to halt ‘alarming’ deterioration in media freedom in the country
Publishing date: 11 August 2011
VIENNA, 11 August 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, in a letter sent to Skopje to newly appointed Foreign Minister Nikola Poposki, said today that she is alarmed by the sharp decline of media freedom and the continued repression of media and critical voices in the country...
Press release issued by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
Publishing date: 11 August 2011
VIENNA, 11 August 2011- The following is a press release issued by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly on 11 August. The views expressed in this press release do not necessarily reflect those of the OSCE Chairmanship, nor of all OSCE participating States.
OSCE Chairperson urges respect for fair trial standards in Tymoshenko case
Publishing date: 8 August 2011
VILNIUS, 8 August 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, today expressed concern over the decision of a Kyiv court to detain former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko, in a telephone conversation with the Foreign Minister of Ukraine, Kostyantyn Gryshchenko...
OSCE Chairperson condemns continued action by Belarus against civil society
Publishing date: 5 August 2011
VILNIUS, 5 August 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, today expressed deep concern over the continued worsening of the human rights situation in Belarus, citing the arrest of Aliaksandr (Ales) Bialiatski, President of the Belarus Human Rights Centre ‘Viasna’ on 4 August 2011 and the search of the NGO’s premises, as the latest example of persecution...