News and press releases

Preventing femicide- the gender-related killing of women and girls- was the central focus of a side event hosted by the OSCE Secretariat’s Gender Issues Programme under the WIN Project, and co-sponsored by the OSCE Delegations of Malta, Belgium and Croatia, during the Warsaw Human Dimension Conference on 14 October.

The OSCE Programme Office in Astana (the Office), with the support of the OSCE’s Conflict Prevention Centre Forum for Security Co-operation Support Section (FSC), and in close co-operation with the Center for Arms Control and Inspection Support of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan, successfully concluded the Ammunition Storage and Surveillance Course (ASSC) on 9 October in Almaty.

TBILISI, 15 October 2025 – Today, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen, concluded her visit to Georgia.

YEREVAN, 15 October 2025 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen, concluded her visit to Armenia.

On 6 October 2025, the OSCE Programme Office in Astana (the Office), in co-operation with the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation of Kazakhstan, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the International Water Assessment Centre (IWAC), launched a five-day training seminar for nation-wide representatives of basin inspections on the provisions of the new Water Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan and related draft laws.

FOČA/GORAŽDE, 14 October 2025 – The Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ambassador Rick Holtzapple, visited Goražde and Foča today to engage with key political and institutional stakeholders. The visit underscored the continued support of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina

How resilience helps societies adapt and respond to threats was the focus of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC) meeting chaired by Finland on 15 October.