News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE human rights office gathers youth activists from across Europe to commemorate Roma victims of genocide
Publishing date: 2 August 2010
OSWIECIM, Poland, 2 August 2010- Some 80 Roma and non-Roma youth activists have gathered today for an event organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, the International Roma Youth Network and the Malopolska authorities...
OSCE Centre summer course discusses criminal justice in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 30 July 2010
ASHGABAT, 30 July 2010- Twenty-five law-enforcement officers from across Turkmenistan took part in an OSCE summer course on international human rights standards in the administration of criminal justice which concludes today in Ashgabat...
OSCE-supported course on protecting hydropower stations to be held in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 30 July 2010
CHOLPON-ATA, Kyrgyzstan, 30 July 2010- An OSCE-supported training course for Interior Ministry officials on watercraft patrolling and use of emergency equipment to protect hydropower stations starts Sunday in Cholpon-Ata...
After 35 years Helsinki Final Act has not lost relevance, says OSCE Chairperson-in-Office
Publishing date: 29 July 2010
ASTANA, 29 July 2010- The Helsinki Final Act remains as relevant today as it was when it was signed 35 years ago, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan's Foreign Minister and Secretary of State Kanat Saudabayev, said ahead of the anniversary...
Chairman of Executive Committee of International Fund for Saving Aral Sea addresses OSCE Permanent Council, calls for effective regional co-operation
Publishing date: 29 July 2010
VIENNA, 29 July 2010- Addressing the OSCE Permanent Council today, the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea Sagit Ibatullin stressed the need of more effective co-operation in the Aral Sea Basin region...
OSCE Office in Tajikistan supports civil society-government dialogue on human rights
Publishing date: 29 July 2010
DUSHANBE, 29 July 2010- The fourth annual Human Dimension Implementation Meeting focusing on human rights in Tajikistan began in Dushanbe today...
Minsk Group Co-Chairs issue statement
Publishing date: 28 July 2010
VIENNA, 28 July 2010- The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Ambassador Igor Popov of Russia, Bernard Fassier of France, and Robert Bradtke of the United States, released the following statement today...