News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
ODIHR delivers training courses on countering terrorism, protecting human rights
Publishing date: 3 December 2010
As part of its training module for public officials and counter-terrorism practitioners, ODIHR has completed two training courses for law-enforcement officers and police students on the protection of human rights while countering terrorism.
OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje, ZELS mark fifth anniversary of decentralization process
Publishing date: 3 December 2010
SKOPJE, 3 December 2010- The fifth anniversary of the start of the decentralization process in the country was marked with a conference co-organized by the OSCE and the Association of Local Self-Government Units (ZELS) in Mavrovo today...
OSCE supports methodology to assess scale of corruption in Ukraine
Publishing date: 2 December 2010
KYIV, 3 December 2010- National methodology to measure the level of corruption in public administration was presented in Kyiv today during an event jointly organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine and the country's Justice Ministry...
OSCE Centre condemns recent explosion in Bishkek and calls for thorough impartial investigation
Publishing date: 2 December 2010
BISHKEK, 3 December 2010- The OSCE Centre in Bishkek condemned the recent explosion in the Kyrgyz capital and called for a proper investigation...
Astana declaration adopted at OSCE Summit charts way forward
Publishing date: 2 December 2010
ASTANA, 2 December 2010- The first OSCE Summit in 11 years concluded today with Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev welcoming the work of Heads of State and Government from the 56 OSCE participating States, saying their adoption...
OSCE Summit in Astana begins with call to Heads of State to advance Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian security
Publishing date: 1 December 2010
ASTANA, 1 December 2010- The President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, opened today in Astana the first OSCE Summit in 11 years...
Joint Statement by the Heads of Delegation of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair Countries and the Presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia
Publishing date: 30 November 2010
ASTANA, 1 December 2010- The Heads of Delegation of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries (Russian President Medvedev, French Prime Minister Fillon and U.S. Secretary of State Clinton), Azerbaijani President Aliyev and Armenian President Sargsian...