News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Long-standing engagement between OSCE and Mediterranean and the future of co-operation in focus of conference in Malta
Publishing date: 10 November 2015
VALLETTA, 10 November 2015 – The link between European and Mediterranean security has become increasingly evident and there is a need to reaffirm the strategic value of the OSCE’s co-operation with its Mediterranean Partners, said the Organization’s Secretary General Lamberto Zannier today as he opened an international conference on “Helsinki + 40: The Mediterranean Chapter and the Future of Mediterranean” in Valetta...
Common security challenges across Mediterranean require stronger co-operation mechanisms, say participants at 2015 OSCE Mediterranean conference
Publishing date: 20 October 2015
SWEIMEH, Jordan, 20 October 2015 – Challenges affecting the Mediterranean region require co-operative solutions as they cannot be effectively tackled by any single country alone, assess participants at the 2015 Annual OSCE Mediterranean Conference in Jordan...
2015 OSCE Asian Conference on The Changing Global Security Environment and Visions of Multilateral Security Co-operation in Asia opens in Seoul
Publishing date: 1 June 2015
SEOUL, 1 June 2015 –Foreign Minister of the Republic of Korea Yun Byung-se, Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand Tanasak Patimapragorn, Ambassador Vuk Žugić from the Serbian OSCE Chairmanship and OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier opened the 2015 OSCE Asian Conference by emphasizing the need for increased co-operation between the OSCE and its Asian Partners for Co-operation in tackling today’s non-traditional and transnational threats...
Libya’s ungoverned spaces and escalating civil war in focus of OSCE-supported workshop in London
Publishing date: 14 May 2015
A workshop on a multilateral approach to Libya and ungoverned territories in the Mediterranean region, hosted by the European Council on Foreign Relations and the Istituto Affari Internazionali (International Affairs Institute), as part of the New Med network, supported by the Compagnia di San Paolo Foundation, in co-operation with the OSCE, took place on 13 May 2015, in London...
Participants of OSCE-Japan conference in Tokyo share experiences in addressing emerging challenges, creating safer world
Publishing date: 17 June 2014
TOKYO, 17 June 2014 – Creating a safer, more interconnected and fairer world in the face of emerging challenges in the larger OSCE area is a theme of the OSCE-Japan conference that concluded in Tokyo today...
Japanese Defence Minister visits OSCE, discusses strengthening future interaction
Publishing date: 30 July 2013
Japanese Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera visited the OSCE Secretariat in Vienna on 30 July 2013 to discuss current co-operation with the Organization and explore ways to strengthen it in the future...
OSCE-Australia conference focuses on security of women and girls
Publishing date: 18 March 2013
An OSCE conference on improving security of women and girls, promoting the economic empowerment of women and combatting all forms of human trafficking started in Adelaide in southern Australia on 18 March 2013...