News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Despite progress, more work needed to promote role of women in the security sector, say parliamentarians at Montenegro meeting
Publishing date: 22 June 2010
CETINJE, Montenegro, 22 June 2010- Although progress has been made in increasing the participation of women in the security sector, more work is needed to further promote their role, participants at an OSCE regional meeting for female...
Gender and comprehensive security in focus at annual OSCE, UN and Council of Europe meeting
Publishing date: 14 June 2010
VIENNA, 14 June 2010- Achieving peace and stability requires equal inclusion of both women and men, OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut said today at a meeting between the OSCE, the Council of Europe and the United Nations...
OSCE Chairmanship calls for intensification of Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism in the South Caucasus region
Publishing date: 8 June 2010
GENEVA, 8 June 2010- The Kazakh OSCE Chairmanship called on participants in today's eleventh round of Geneva Discussions to resume meetings of the second Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) to address problems affecting...
Statement by the co-facilitators of the second joint Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM)
Publishing date: 3 June 2010
ERGNETI, 3 June 2010- Today a meeting in the framework of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism took place in Ergneti, co-facilitated by Ambassador Hansjoerg Haber of the EU Monitoring Mission and Ambassador Bolat Nurgaliyev of the OSCE...
Western Balkan countries could benefit by using OSCE more, OSCE official says at meeting in Sarajevo
Publishing date: 2 June 2010
SARAJEVO, 2 June 2010- Making more use of the tools that the OSCE provides would benefit the countries of the Western Balkans, the director of OSCE's Conflict Prevention Centre said today at the EU-Western Balkans meeting in Sarajevo...
OSCE Chairperson announces agreement on Bakiyev's departure from Kyrgyzstan, calls it 'important step toward stabilization of situation'
Publishing date: 15 April 2010
ASTANA, 15 April 2010- Today, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan's Secretary of State and Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev issued the following statement:
OSCE Special Envoy meets international counterparts in Kyrgyzstan, says joint effort key to political crisis resolution
Publishing date: 12 April 2010
BISHKEK, 12 April 2010- Co-ordination of activities is crucial for ensuring public safety and successfully addressing current political challenges in Kyrgyzstan, said the Special Envoy of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Zhanybek Karibzhanov today...