Newsroom
News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE's senior gender adviser visits Belarus
Publishing date: 25 November 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
What we do: Gender equality
MINSK, 25 November 2008- Jamila Seftaoui, the OSCE Senior Adviser on Gender Issues, began a two-day visit to Minsk today linked to the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and the publication of a joint UN-OSCE survey...
Fifth anniversary of OSCE Police Reform Programme in Kyrgyzstan marked with conference
Publishing date: 22 November 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
BISHKEK, 22 November 2008- Almost 100 officials participated in a conference today that marked the fifth anniversary of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek's Police Reform Programme. The Interior Ministry and the OSCE Centre co-organized the event...
OSCE holds regional workshop on combating illicit drugs trafficking in Central Asia
Publishing date: 20 November 2008
TASHKENT, 20 November 2008- Improving co-operation among the national stakeholders in Central Asia to prevent and investigate drug trafficking, and exchanging intelligence information is the purpose of a regional workshop that opened in Tashkent today...
OSCE promotes democratic policing in Central Asia
Publishing date: 13 November 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
ALMATY, 13 November 2008- Assisting OSCE participating States in Central Asia to put the Organization's guidelines on democratic policing into practice is the focus of a roundtable discussion that opened in Almaty today...
OSCE Secretary General in Athens for talks ahead of Greek Chairmanship
Publishing date: 12 November 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretary General
ATHENS, 12 November- The OSCE Secretary General, Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, began a two-day visit to Athens today for talks with Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis and other officials as Greece prepares to chair the Organization in 2009...
Afghan police officers graduate from OSCE-organized counter-narcotics course
Publishing date: 10 November 2008
VIENNA, 10 December 2008- Twelve Afghan police officers graduated today from a drugs-fighting training course, organized by the OSCE with the International Drugs-fighting Training Centre in Domodedovo, outside Moscow...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator supports meeting aiming to improve system for international adoptions of Ukrainian children
Publishing date: 6 November 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
KYIV, 6 November 2008- Helping Ukrainian authorities improve the system for international adoption of Ukrainian children is the purpose of an OSCE-organized meeting that starts in Kyiv today...