News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Genuine commitment to democracy and human rights is vital to overcome the challenges we face, OSCE conference underlines
Publishing date: 30 September 2024
WARSAW, 30 September 2024 – Strengthening our commitment to democracy, human rights and the rule of law through dialogue will allow us to overcome current challenges to the rights and freedoms at the heart of the principles on which the OSCE was founded, speakers and participants stressed as governments, international organizations, and civil society came together for a 10-day conference to take stock of the state of democracy, human rights and the rule of law across the 57 participating States of the OSCE region.
Pre-Election Debates Wrap Up: OSCE Urges Citizens to Make Their Voices Heard at the Polls
Publishing date: 30 September 2024
Between 16 and 28 September 2024, the OSCE Mission to BiH (Mission) has successfully concluded a series of pre-election debates, an essential component of the democratic process, aimed at ensuring citizens are well-informed about the candidates and their platforms. These debates took place in the
Third Meeting of the Interagency Steering Committee on Combating Cybercrime in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 30 September 2024
On 18 September 2024, the OSCE Programme Office in Astana held the third and final meeting of the Interagency Steering Committee on the development of Kazakhstan’s first Comprehensive Action Plan to Counter Cybercrimes and Crimes using Information and Communication Technologies for 2025-2029 (hereinafter, Action Plan).
The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe supports women empowerment in the water sector
Publishing date: 28 September 2024
On 27-28 September 2024, the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe (POiD) conducted a two-day training session for 30 members, comprising 4 men and 23 women, of the Steering Committee of the Syrdarya Women Basin Forum in Tajikistan.
OSCE Chair-in-Office Ian Borg addresses Organizational functionality in talks at UNGA
Publishing date: 27 September 2024
NEW YORK CITY, 27 September 2024 – In numerous meetings on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly, Chair-in-Office of the OSCE, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Malta, Ian Borg engaged in discussions focused on ensuring the functionality and resilience of the OSCE in the face of regional and global challenges.
Enhancing co-operation between the public sector and financial institutions in countering the financing of terrorism focus of OSCE training course in Albania
Publishing date: 27 September 2024
With a focus on further enhancing co-operation between the public sector and financial institutions to counter the financing of terrorism (CFT), the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department with the support of the OSCE Presence in Albania organized a training course on 24-26 September 2024 in Durres, Albania.
Judicial integrity and transparency in focus at regional conference on strengthening judicial responses to organized crime and corruption
Publishing date: 27 September 2024
A two-day conference, hosted by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro and organized as part of the OSCE’s Western Balkans Trial Monitoring Project, brought together leading judicial representatives and legal experts from across the South-Eastern Europe. Convening judicial actors from all six jurisdictions in the region, the event aimed to address the prosecution and adjudication of organized crime and corruption (OCC) cases in the region.