News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
States Parties to CFE Treaty to hold Extraordinary Conference
Publishing date: 8 June 2007
VIENNA, 8 June 2007- The 30 States Parties to the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE Treaty), will begin a meeting on 11 June in Vienna following a request by the Russian Federation that an Extraordinary Conference be held.
OSCE Mission Head commends excellent work of Serbian Commissioner for Information
Publishing date: 8 June 2007
BELGRADE, 8 June 2007- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Hans Ola Urstad, expressed his support today for the excellent work of the Serbian Commissioner for Information of Public Importance, Rodoljub Sabic.
OSCE Mission to Georgia supports reform of Tbilisi penitentiary and probation system
Publishing date: 8 June 2007
TBILISI, 8 June 2007- Enhancing the professional expertise of probation officers and general staff of the Rustavi prison in Tbilisi was the aim of an OSCE-organized training course which ended today...
OSCE Centre supports public monitoring of pre-trial detention centres in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 8 June 2007
ALMATY, 8 June 2007- Public oversight and preventing torture in pre-trial detention centers and prisons in Kazakhstan were discussed at a meeting in Almaty today...
OSCE States must do more to promote tolerance, Chairman tells high-level meeting
Publishing date: 7 June 2007
BUCHAREST, 7 June 2007- Intolerance and discrimination could threaten global security, and the OSCE's participating States need to strengthen efforts to avert this threat, the OSCE's Chairman-in-Office Miguel Angel Moratinos said today.
OSCE Mission, UNHCR call for full integration of refugees who want to stay in Serbia
Publishing date: 6 June 2007
BELGRADE, 6 June 2007- A discussion held in the southern Serbian city of Nis today concluded that refugees who want to stay in Serbia need to be allowed to fully integrate into Serbian society...
OSCE Centre trains public servants to protect environment while implementing land reform in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 6 June 2007
VARZOB, Tajikistan, 6 June 2007- Teaching public servants to apply environmental protection mechanisms while managing the land reform process is the aim of an OSCE-supported seminar which ends in Varzob, near Dushanbe, on Friday...