News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Dialogue for enhanced European security in focus at joint session of OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation and Permanent Council
Publishing date: 9 March 2016
VIENNA, 9 March 2016 – Current security challenges in the OSCE area need to be tackled through a comprehensive dialogue process with all participating States demonstrating political will, said speakers at a joint meeting today of the Organization’s Forum for Security Co-operation, currently chaired by the Netherlands, and its Permanent Council chaired by Germany...
Tajikistan’s Government approves OSCE-supported National Action Plan on implementing UN Security Council Resolution 1540
Publishing date: 26 February 2016
Tajikistan’s Government on 9 February 2016 approved a National Action Plan, drafted with the support of the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre and the OSCE Office in Tajikistan, on implementing UN Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004), on non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, their components and means of delivery. A corresponding resolution on the Plan’s further implementation by designated governmental structures was signed by the country the same day...
OSCE High-Level Military Doctrine Seminar: Transparency and co-operation needed to build trust in the face of challenges eroding European security
Publishing date: 16 February 2016
VIENNA, 16 February 2016 – Improving mutual relations among OSCE participating States and enabling information exchange among military representatives with the aim of building trust and confidence is the focus of the two-day High-Level Military Doctrine Seminar organized by the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC), which opened today in Vienna...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office condemns the launch of ballistic missile by Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Publishing date: 7 February 2016
BERLIN, 7 February 2016- OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, condemned today in the strongest terms the launch of a ballistic missile by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)...
OSCE helps Ukraine to introduce information management system for mine action
Publishing date: 4 December 2015
MEREFA, Ukraine, 4 December 2015– A first group of 12 Ukrainian emergency personnel officers completed a four-day training course today on operation of an information management system for mine action (IMSMA), organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine at the State Emergency Service training facility in Kharkiv oblast...
Officials from Central Asia travel to Bosnia and Herzegovina on OSCE-supported visit to learn more about reducing threat of explosive hazards
Publishing date: 25 November 2015
Best practices in reducing and responding to the threat of explosive hazards was the focus of an OSCE-supported three-day visit by a delegation from three Central Asian countries to Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), which concluded on 19 November 2015...
Security challenges require more effective implementation of OSCE Code of Conduct, say participants of Belgrade workshop
Publishing date: 9 October 2015
BELGRADE, 9 October 2015 – Modern security challenges highlight the need for the more effective implementation of the OSCE Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security and therefore raising awareness among military personnel and staff officers, diplomats and civil society representatives about this document is vital, said participants of a four-day joint Serbian-Swiss workshop that concluded today in Belgrade...