News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE helps implement Dniester river basin project
Publishing date: 1 December 2005
ODESA, Ukraine, 1 December 2005- A meeting of national working groups in Odesa today marks the end of a project aimed at enhancing regional co-operation between Ukraine and Moldova on integrated water resources management in the Dniester river basin...
OSCE Representative urges regional anti-trafficking seminar to create better data-gathering arrangements
Publishing date: 23 November 2005
VIENNA, 23 November 2005- A platform that would facilitate data collection, monitoring and evaluation and enhance regional co-operation and co-ordination, was backed by the OSCE Special Representative on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Dr....
OSCE and Council of Europe sign agreement on common goals in south-eastern Europe
Publishing date: 17 November 2005
STRASBOURG, 17 November 2005- The OSCE Secretary General, Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, and the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Terry Davis, today signed an agreement on local and regional self-government in south-eastern Europe...
OSCE conference participants call for "global network" to suppress terrorist financing
Publishing date: 9 November 2005
VIENNA, 9 November 2005- High-level representatives from international organiza-tions and OSCE States, attending an anti-terrorism financing conference in Vienna, called today for the building of a "global anti-terrorism network" to help suppress...
OSCE regional workshop on sex crimes investigations held in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 8 November 2005
ALMATY, 8 November 2005- Representatives of police forces from Central Asian countries are taking part in the first OSCE regional workshop on the investigation of sex crimes, which begins today in Almaty...
OSCE to host international conference on combating the financing of terrorism
Publishing date: 8 November 2005
VIENNA, 8 November 2005- A number of international organizations including NATO and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), together with a high-level delegation from the US State Department, will join senior OSCE officials tomorrow for a meeting...
OSCE Dushanbe conference focuses on role of transport in regional economic co-operation
Publishing date: 8 November 2005
DUSHANBE, 8 November 2005- An international conference on the role of transport in boosting regional economic co-operation and security among the OSCE's 55 participating States ends today in Dushanbe.