News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE-supported Strategies for Effective Police Reform Presented in Skopje
Publishing date: 10 December 2019
SKOPJE, 10 December 2019 – A series of OSCE Mission to Skopje-supported strategies designed to further professionalize and democratize the police were presented today in Skopje...
‘You are not alone’: OSCE PA’s Hadjiyianni and Link mark Human Rights Day with calls for solidarity
Publishing date: 10 December 2019
COPENHAGEN, 10 December 2019 – OSCE parliamentarians must speak up loudly and clearly to champion the victims of human rights abuses, particularly the most vulnerable members of society, said the Chair and Vice-Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s human rights committee today...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator helps Ukraine to enhance chemical security by expanding capacities for identification of substances
Publishing date: 10 December 2019
The Ukrainian National Reference Centre for Identification of Controlled and Toxic chemicals, established and equipped with OSCE support, was presented to the country’s expert community on 10 December 2019 in Kyiv...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 291/2019 issued on 9 December 2019
Publishing date: 9 December 2019
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, between the evenings of 6 and 7 December, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Between the evenings of 7 and 8 December, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and more in Luhansk
Drafting 2020-2021 Action Plan for Montenegro’s Youth Strategy focus of OSCE-supported seminar
Publishing date: 9 December 2019
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro organized a two-day training course to help the Ministry of Sports and Youth to develop a third Action Plan for the implementation of the Government’s Youth Strategy 2017–2021 on 2 and 3 December 2019 in Budva.
OSCE Mission trains lawyers and civil society on best practices of protecting national minorities’ access to information
Publishing date: 9 December 2019
The OSCE Mission to Moldova conducted three workshops on non-discrimination and access to information for persons belonging to national minorities from 11 to 29 November 2019 in Chisinau. More than 80 legal professionals and civil society representatives from three different regions of Moldova, including the Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia, participated in the workshops...
OSCE Mission to Montenegro supports workshops aiming to strengthen Parliamentary staff skills in drafting of legislation and amendments procedures within Committees
Publishing date: 9 December 2019
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro organized workshops to strengthen the skills of parliamentary staff to support drafting of legislation and amendments within committees on 21 and 22 November and on 3 and 4 December 2019 in Podgorica. The attendees examined the legislative drafting and amending process and discussed the practice and function of the Rules of Procedure of their parliament as compared with the practice in other parliaments.