News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE at forefront of international efforts to reduce threat posed by small arms and ammunition, officials say
Publishing date: 1 December 2009
ATHENS, 1 December 2009- The OSCE plays a crucial role in ensuring safe and secure storage of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW), and it is a leader in helping countries eliminate the threat posed by a toxic Soviet-era rocket fuel component...
OSCE seminar brings together Central Asian students to discuss security challenges in the region
Publishing date: 1 December 2009
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 1 December 2009- Some 30 university students from Central Asian countries gathered in Almaty today to attend a seminar co-organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana to address some of Central Asia's most pressing long-term security...
Press release issued by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
Publishing date: 1 December 2009
ATHENS, 1 December 2009- The following is a press release issued by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly today. The views expressed in this press release do not necessarily reflect those of the Chairmanship, nor of all OSCE participating States...
OSCE foreign ministers take forward European security dialogue in Athens
Publishing date: 30 November 2009
ATHENS, 30 November 2009- Foreign ministers and high level representatives of the OSCE 56 participating States will meet to discuss the future of European security at the OSCE Ministerial Council which starts in Athens tomorrow...
Head of OSCE human rights office expresses concern about outcome of Swiss minaret ban referendum
Publishing date: 30 November 2009
ATHENS, 30 November 2009- The director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Ambassador Janez Lenarcic, expressed concern today at the outcome of the referendum held in Switzerland on Sunday on the ban...
OSCE Chairman expresses condolences, profound concern over Russian train crash
Publishing date: 29 November 2009
ATHENS, 29 November 2009- The OSCE Chairman, Greek Prime Minister and Foreign Minister George Papandreou, conveyed his sympathies today for those killed and injured in the Nevsky Express train crash in Russia, and deplored the tragic loss of life...
Reflections on European security focus of OSCE Magazine
Publishing date: 27 November 2009
VIENNA, 27 November 2009- Greek Prime Minister and Foreign Minister George Papandreou, former German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher and Kazakh Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev set out their vision of European security...