News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Border security and management focus of OSCE Vienna meeting
Publishing date: 1 December 2006
VIENNA, 1 December 2006- Ways to assist OSCE participating States in addressing the threats and challenges facing their borders were discussed at a meeting in Vienna on 29 and 30 November. Hosted by the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre's Borders Team...
OSCE-sponsored forum focuses on the role of Tajik women in development issues
Publishing date: 28 November 2006
DUSHANBE, 28 November 2006- Mobilizing civil society to participate in the development and implementation of governmental policies is the aim of an OSCE-sponsored forum for women's non-governmental organizations that opened today in Dushanbe...
OSCE Office helps discuss challenges facing women lawyers in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 28 November 2006
BAKU, 28 November 2006- Challenges facing women lawyers in Azerbaijan and ways of enhancing their role in society were the main topics of an OSCE-organized international conference which ended in Baku today. Participants...
Police chiefs from OSCE countries agree to enhance co-operation to fight organized crime
Publishing date: 24 November 2006
BRUSSELS, 24 November, 2006- At a Conference organized today at the initiative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, police chiefs from more than 50 OSCE countries agreed to intensify international...
OSCE Field Office completes project addressing domestic violence in southern Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 23 November 2006
OSH, Kyrgyzsatn, 23 November 2006- Raising awareness of domestic violence in southern Kyrgyzstan was the aim of an eight-month OSCE project that ended today. It was implemented by the OSCE Field Office in Osh with funding from the French Government...
How to improve investment climate focus of OSCE workshop in Kiev
Publishing date: 22 November 2006
KIEV, 22 November 2006- How to create a business-friendly environment and attract investment through strengthening the rule of law and investment promotion was the focus of a two-day regional workshop in Kiev ending today...
OSCE-supported gender centre for secondary school teachers opens in Dushanbe
Publishing date: 21 November 2006
DUSHANBE, 21 November 2006- An OSCE-supported resource centre that will provide secondary school teachers with information and advice on gender issues and ways to raise gender awareness opened today in Dushanbe. "The new...