News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Tajikistan’s Foreign Minister addresses OSCE, reconfirms commitments, calls for political dialogue to solve economic and environmental problems
Publishing date: 31 March 2011
VIENNA, 31 March 2011 – Tajikistan’s Foreign Minister Hamrokhon Zarifi in his address to the OSCE Permanent Council today reconfirmed the country’s commitments to its OSCE obligations in all dimensions of security, stressed the need for active international involvement in economic rehabilitation of Afghanistan, and the importance of promoting political dialogue in Central Asia to overcome differences on water and energy...
Workshop on gender equality and women's rights held in Prague
Publishing date: 31 March 2011
ODIHR organized a workshop for national human rights institutions from 17 OSCE participating States in Prague on 29 March...
OSCE Office in Minsk – making a difference for eight years
Publishing date: 31 March 2011
The OSCE Office in Minsk began its work to support the society and government of Belarus in 2003. At the end of 2010, the Belarusian authorities chose not to join consensus on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Office in Minsk. The Office closed on 31 March 2011, following a three-month closure process...
As OSCE Office in Minsk closes, OSCE Chairperson expresses regrets, says efforts to enable OSCE work in Belarus continue
Publishing date: 31 March 2011
VILNIUS, 31 March 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, today said that he deeply regretted that despite numerous efforts by the Chairmanship, Belarus' authorities had not reconsidered their decision not to join consensus on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Office in Minsk...
OSCE, Anti-Corruption Academy agree to co-operate on fighting corruption
Publishing date: 29 March 2011
The OSCE Secretary General, Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, and the Chair of the International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA) International Transition Team, Martin Kreutner, signed a Memorandum of Understanding formalizing co-operation between the two organizations on 28 March 2011 at the OSCE Secretariat in Vienna...
OSCE Mission to Moldova promotes environmental co-operation across the Dniestr/Nistru River
Publishing date: 29 March 2011
VADUL LUI VODA, Moldova, 29 March 2011 – Members of Moldovan and Transdniestrian expert working groups on agriculture and ecology and representatives from non-governmental organizations from both banks of the River Dniestr/Nistru discussed environmental co-operation during a meeting held today by the OSCE Mission to Moldova...
