News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
12th IPRM meeting takes place in Dvani
Publishing date: 5 May 2011
DVANI, 5 May 2011- The 12th meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism took place in Dvani today. The meeting was co-facilitated by the EUMM and the OSCE...
‘Post-conflict rehabilitation: stabilization, reconstruction and peacebuilding’ focus of OSCE workshop
Publishing date: 2 May 2011
Lithuania's OSCE Chairmanship, with the support of the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre, is hosting a workshop in Vienna on the post-conflict rehabilitation capacity of the Organization. The event is the second in a series of expert meetings on early warning, conflict prevention, crisis management and post-conflict rehabilitation taking place under the “V[ienna] to V[ilnius] Dialogue”...
Expert meeting on enhancing the OSCE’s early warning capacity
Publishing date: 15 April 2011
VIENNA, 15 April 2011 – Developing a more systematic, comprehensive and cross-dimensional early warning capacity to enhance the OSCE’s capability to prevent and respond to emerging crisis situations is the focus of an expert meeting in Vienna today...
OSCE committed to conflict resolution efforts through the Geneva Discussions, assisting with democratic reforms, says OSCE Chairperson on visit to Georgia
Publishing date: 15 March 2011
TBILISI, 15 March 2011- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, emphasized the OSCE's commitment to achieving progress on security and stability issues through the Geneva Discussions and addressing urgent humanitarian concerns for the benefit of affected communities while in Tbilisi today...
10th IPRM meeting takes place in Ergneti
Publishing date: 12 March 2011
ERGNETI, 11 March 2011- On 11 March 2011, the 10th meeting of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism covering the South Ossetian theatre took place in Ergneti. The meeting was co-facilitated by EUMM and OSCE...
At Geneva Discussions, OSCE Chairmanship calls for additional confidence-building measures
Publishing date: 4 March 2011
GENEVA, 4 March 2011 – Additional confidence-building measures in areas affected by the August 2008 conflict in Georgia are needed, said the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for Protracted Conflicts, Giedrius Čekuolis at today’s round of the Geneva International Discussions...
OSCE Office conducts strategic planning workshop to support Tajikistan's police reform
Publishing date: 4 March 2011
DUSHANBE, 4 March 2011 – An OSCE-supported strategic planning workshop for 15 senior law enforcement commanders, held to support the country's police reform in line with democratic principles, ended today...