News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE further supports Constitutional Court of Montenegro
Publishing date: 16 March 2017
PODGORCA, 15 March 2017 – The head of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, Ambassador Maryse Daviet, and the programme manager of the mission’s rule of law and human rights programme, Robert Kucharski, met with the president of the Constitutional Court of Montenegro, Dragoljub Draskovic, on 15 March in Podgorica...
In Belarus, OSCE PA President Muttonen signs Annual Session agreement, holds high-level talks
Publishing date: 16 March 2017
MINSK, 16 March 2017 – In meetings today with the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei, and yesterday with Chairman of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly Vladimir Andreichenko, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Christine Muttonen (MP, Austria) has welcomed the active engagement of Belarus in the OSCE PA, and expressed gratitude for the intensive efforts underway in Minsk in preparation for the Assembly’s 26th Annual Session in July...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Kurz and Secretary General Zannier welcome renewal of Ukraine monitoring mission’s mandate
Publishing date: 16 March 2017
VIENNA, 16 March 2017 – The OSCE Permanent Council’s decision today to renew the mandate of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) by one year will help ensure that the mission continues to play its key role in stabilizing the situation in eastern Ukraine and supporting the implementation of the Minsk agreements, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz as well as OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier said...
Mandate of OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine extended by one year to 31 March 2018
Publishing date: 16 March 2017
VIENNA, 16 March 2017 – The OSCE Permanent Council, in a consensus decision taken at its meeting in Vienna today, agreed to renew the mandate of the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine by one year until 31 March 2018...
OSCE supports conference on rights of individual in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 16 March 2017
ASTANA, 16 March 2017 – Ensuring the rights of the individual and its impact on the rule of law were the focus of an OSCE-supported international conference in the framework of the annual so-called Shaikenov Readings, which took place today in Astana...
OSCE launches new series of anti-trafficking training seminars for law enforcement officers and social workers across Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 16 March 2017
Some 35 law-enforcement officers and social workers took part in the first in a series of four training seminars on anti-trafficking practices and procedures in Kyzylorda, Kazakshtan, on 16 March 2017...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Kurz calls for support for Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine
Publishing date: 15 March 2017
VIENNA, 15 March 2017 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz today again adamantly called on all parties to the crisis in and around Ukraine to comply with their commitments and to actively support the work of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), against the backdrop of the latest escalation of risks for its staff and assets.