News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 5 April 2016
Publishing date: 6 April 2016
The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). The overall cross-border traffic decreased at both BCPs...
OSCE launched guidelines on security sector governance and reform
Publishing date: 6 April 2016
VIENNA, 6 April 2016 – A new OSCE publication intended to promote a comprehensive approach to security sector governance and reform was launched yesterday at an event in Vienna hosted by the OSCE Group of Friends of Security Sector Governance and Reform...
OSCE supports training seminar on human rights protection in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 6 April 2016
TALDYKORGAN, Kazakhstan, 6 April 2016 – An OSCE-supported two-day training seminar for some 130 representatives of the government, civil society and judiciary on human rights protection mechanisms began today in Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan...
OSCE and Mongolia organize table-top simulation on protecting critical energy infrastructure from targeted cyber attacks
Publishing date: 6 April 2016
ULAANBAATAR, 6 April 2016 — Strengthening protection and preparedness against cyber-attacks aimed at industrial control systems is the focus of a two-day table-top simulation starting today in Ulaanbaatar and organized by the OSCE Transnational Threats Department with the support of the Government of Mongolia...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30hrs, 4 April 2016
Publishing date: 5 April 2016
The SMM observed a higher number of ceasefire violations in Donetsk region, noting an increase in the area of Yasynuvata and around Donetsk airport, compared to the previous day. In Luhansk region the situation remained relatively calm, with a low number of ceasefire violations recorded. The Mission continued to monitor the withdrawal of weapons, facilitate and monitor repair works, and monitor the situation affecting civilians on both sides of the contact line. The Mission encountered freedom of movement restrictions mainly in areas not controlled by the Government.* In Odessa the SMM observed a public gathering...
OSCE participating States discuss recent escalation in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone
Publishing date: 5 April 2016
VIENNA, 5 April 2016- At a special meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna, Ambassador James Warlick, representing the three Co-Chairs of the Minsk Group, and the Personal Representative of the Chairperson-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, informed the 57 OSCE participating States about recent developments in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Statement by Representatives of the OSCE Minsk Group countries
Publishing date: 5 April 2016
VIENNA, 5 April 2016- Representatives of the OSCE Minsk Group countries (Russian Federation, the United States of America, France, Belarus, Finland, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Turkey) as well as the incoming Austrian OSCE Chair (2017) and the outgoing Serbian OSCE Chair (2015) strongly condemn the outbreak of unprecedented levels of violence along the Line of Contact...