News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE contributes to strengthening human rights protection in Armenia’s penitentiary institutions
Publishing date: 14 September 2016
AGHVERAN, Armenia, 14 September 2016 – An OSCE-supported two-day training course on the protection of human rights in penitentiaries concluded today in Aghveran, Kotayk region, Armenia...
OSCE co-organizes roundtable on re-socialization strategy for former prisoners in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 6 September 2016
ASTANA, 6 September 2016 – An OSCE-supported roundtable dedicated to the strengthening of re-socialization of former prisoners took place today in Astana, bringing together some 40 high-level government officials, international experts, legal scholars and members of civil society...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator to assist Ukraine in strengthening democratic control of defence and security sectors
Publishing date: 15 July 2016
KYIV, 15 July 2016 – The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine today opened a new sphere of project assistance to Ukraine – improving democratic control of defence and security sectors – with a presentation of international experience and best practices at a conference in Kyiv...
OSCE supports training of 16 National Points of Contact on implementing UN Security Council Resolution 1540
Publishing date: 1 July 2016
National Points of Contact from 16 OSCE participating States on implementing UN Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004) on the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their components were familiarized with countries’ commitments stemming from this Resolution, at a training session co-organized by the OSCE from 28 June to 1 July 2016 in Kaliningrad, in the Russian Federation. A National Point of Contact from Chile – an observer State – also took part...
2016 OSCE Annual Security Review Conference focuses on reviving co-operative security in a challenging environment
Publishing date: 28 June 2016
VIENNA, 28 June 2016 – High-level representatives of OSCE participating States, Partners for Co-operation and partnering organizations are exploring how to revive co-operative security against the backdrop of current challenges to European security, during the three-day 2016 Annual Security Review Conference (ASRC), which started today in Vienna...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek hosts regional discussion on Security Sector Governance and Reform
Publishing date: 28 June 2016
BISHKEK, 28 June 2016 – The OSCE’s role and activities in Security Sector Governance and Reform in Central Asia, and the challenges and opportunities in the field, are the focus of a three-day regional seminar hosted by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, which began today in the Kyrgyz capital...
Inter-institutional co-operation in focus of OSCE-supported security policy course in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 16 June 2016
SARAJEVO, 16 June 2016 – An-OSCE supported course on security policy in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) for some 30 participants from government institutions, parliament, police, armed forces, civil society, academia, media and industry concluded today in Sarajevo...