News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE concludes series of anti-trafficking seminars for law-enforcement officers and social workers in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 6 October 2016
The OSCE Programme Office in Astana held the last in a series of five seminars on anti-trafficking practices and procedures on 6 October 2016 in Shymkent, South Kazakhstan Region...
At Brussels Conference on Afghanistan, Director of OSCE Secretary General’s Office Paul Bekkers emphasizes central role of regional organizations’ support for Afghanistan stability
Publishing date: 6 October 2016
“Stability in Afghanistan remains of utmost significance to, and inseparable from the security of the Eurasian continent,” stressed Paul Bekkers, Director of the OSCE Secretary General’s Office at the Brussels Conference on Afghanistan on 5 October 2016....
OSCE supports capacity building in Kazakhstan’s water management sector
Publishing date: 6 October 2016
Promoting international standards in the national water management education was the topic of the OSCE-supported working group meeting for some 20 leading experts from the national water authorities, international organizations, civil society and academia that took place in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on 6 October 2016...
OSCE Mission to Montenegro supports regional roundtable discussion on police integrity
Publishing date: 6 October 2016
An OSCE-supported regional roundtable discussion on promoting police integrity brought together some 30 professionals from the police training institutions and the agencies involved in integrity planning and management on 3-4 October 2016 in Danilovgrad, Montenegro...
Press Statement of OSCE Chair Special Representative Sajdik after meeting of the Trilateral Contact Group in Minsk on 5 October 2016
Publishing date: 6 October 2016
MINSK, 6 October 2016 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), Martin Sajdik, made the following press statement after the meeting of the TCG and its four Working Groups in Minsk on Wednesday, 5 October 2016...
Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 4 October 2016
Publishing date: 5 October 2016
Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). The overall number of border crossings by persons decreased at both BCPs...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30, 4 October 2016
Publishing date: 5 October 2016
The SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region compared with 3 October...