News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Convention on the Rights of the Child far from reality for migrant children, OSCE human rights head says
Publishing date: 20 November 2019
WARSAW, 20 November 2019 – Thirty years after the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the head of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) calls on governments to take greater responsibility for the wellbeing of children living in their countries, wherever they come from and however long they will be there...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 274/2019 issued on 19 November 2019
Publishing date: 19 November 2019
Summary Compared with the previous 24 hours, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and fewer in Luhansk region. The SMM continued to monitor the situation at the Petrivske and Zolote disengagement areas. Inside the Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement area, the Mission continued
OSCE PA President and Secretary General visit Albania for discussions on 2020 OSCE Chairmanship, domestic reforms and foreign policy priorities
Publishing date: 19 November 2019
TIRANA, 19 November 2019 – OSCE PA President George Tsereteli and Secretary General Roberto Montella have concluded an official visit to Albania, as it prepares to assume the OSCE Chairmanship in 2020...
Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 19 November 2019
Publishing date: 19 November 2019
KAMENSK-SHAKHTINSKIY, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). The overall number of border crossings by persons increased at both BCPs compared to the previous week. The eighty-ninth Russian convoy crossed into Ukraine and returned through the Donetsk BCP...
OSCE and Regional Youth Co-operation Office hold training course on project writing for Montenegrin civil society organizations
Publishing date: 19 November 2019
In preparation for the fourth Regional Youth Co-operation Office (RYCO) Call for Proposals, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, together with the RYCO Local Branch Office, organized a training course for potential applicants from 15 to 18 November 2019 in Podgorica...
OSCE workshop in Baku explores how to improving co-operation between private and public sectors in fighting cybercrime
Publishing date: 19 November 2019
Representatives from Azerbaijan’s Government, the Council of Europe, Facebook, Microsoft, the Austrian Institute of Technology and Ordina Belgium, among others, participated in a workshop on how to enhance co-operation between the private and public sector to fight cybercrime on 19 November 2019 in Baku...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 273/2019 issued on 18 November 2019
Publishing date: 18 November 2019
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, between the evenings of 15 and 16 November, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and fewer in Luhansk region. Between the evenings of 16 and 17 November, the Mission recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and