News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
In visit to Sicily, members of OSCE PA migration committee reiterate calls for greater responsibility-sharing
Publishing date: 9 September 2016
POZZALLO, Italy, 9 September 2016 – In the second in a series of visits to migration hotspots across Europe, a senior delegation of OSCE parliamentarians today wrapped up a visit to Sicily, where they witnessed first-hand the challenges faced by refugees, migrants, aid workers and authorities related to the ongoing migration crisis impacting the continent...
President Emeritus Kanerva appointed Assembly’s first Special Representative on Mediation
Publishing date: 9 September 2016
COPENHAGEN, 9 September 2016 – To continue developing the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s potential in addressing aspects of the conflict cycle, including early warning, prevention and dialogue facilitation, PA President Christine Muttonen (MP, Austria) has appointed President Emeritus Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) as the Assembly’s first Special Representative on Mediation...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30, 7 September 2016
Publishing date: 8 September 2016
The number of explosions recorded by the SMM in Donetsk region more than doubled (139) compared with the previous reporting period (62 explosions)...
Human rights must be guaranteed when fighting violent extremism online, participants at OSCE workshop in Sarajevo say
Publishing date: 8 September 2016
SARAJEVO, 8 September 2016 – Laws and policies on content blocking, surveillance and other online measures to counter terrorism must also safeguard the fundamental right to free expression online, according to participants at an OSCE-sponsored two-day event in Sarajevo, which ended today...
OSCE/ODIHR opens observation mission for parliamentary elections in Montenegro
Publishing date: 8 September 2016
PODGORICA, 8 September 2016 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today formally opened an election observation mission for the 16 October parliamentary elections in Montenegro. The mission’s deployment follows an invitation from the authorities of Montenegro...
OSCE training for students in Turkmenistan addresses protection of human rights during criminal proceedings and investigations
Publishing date: 8 September 2016
ASHGABAT, 8 September 2016 – International human rights standards at the stage of criminal proceedings and investigations were the focus of an OSCE-organized course for 50 students of the Institute of the Interior Ministry and the Foreign Ministry’s Institute of International Relations, which will conclude in Ashgabat tomorrow...
Statement by Ambassador Martin Sajdik after today’s meeting of the Trilateral Contact Group in Minsk
Publishing date: 7 September 2016
MINSK, 7 September 2016- Ambassador Martin Sajdik, Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG) on the implementation of the peace plan in eastern Ukraine, made the following press statement after today's meeting of the TCG and its four Working Groups in Minsk...