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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE conducts multi-stakeholder dialogue on anti-corruption efforts in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 11 July 2017
ASTANA, 11 July 2017 – A two-day anti-corruption needs assessment mission conducted by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities with the support of the OSCE Programme Office in Astana concludes today. The mission was held in the framework of a regional OSCE extra-budgetary project aimed at strengthening anti-corruption efforts in Central Asia...
OSCE parliamentarians adopt Minsk Declaration with comprehensive recommendations for peace and prosperity
Publishing date: 9 July 2017
MINSK, 9 July 2017 – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly adopted the 2017 Minsk Declaration today with recommendations to national governments, parliaments and the international community to help shape policies in the fields of political affairs, security, economics, environment, and human rights. More than 260 parliamentarians from 55 OSCE countries and several Partners for Co-operation participated in the five-day Annual Session in Minsk held under the theme “Enhancing mutual trust and co-operation for peace and prosperity in the OSCE region”...
Head of OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe meets Tajikistan’s Foreign Minister
Publishing date: 7 July 2017
DUSHANBE, 7 July 2017 – Ambassador Tuula Yrjölä, Head of the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, met Tajikistan’s Foreign Minister Aslov Sirodjidin Muhridinovich in Dushanbe today. She gave an update on the transition of the “OSCE Office in Tajikistan” into the “OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe”, which came into effect on 1 July 2017, as mandated by the OSCE Permanent Council Decision 1251...
In Minsk, OSCE parliamentarians debate ways to increase effectiveness in addressing urgent challenges to security and stability
Publishing date: 6 July 2017
MINSK, 6 July 2017 – More than 260 parliamentarians from 55 OSCE countries and several Partners for Co-operation began debates today on political and security affairs, economic and environmental issues, and human rights and humanitarian concerns at the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s 26th Annual Session in Minsk...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan starts professional training courses for female managers
Publishing date: 4 July 2017
A series of OSCE-supported professional managerial training courses for women organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan (PCUz) were launched on 3 July 2017 in an opening ceremony at the Westminster International University in Tashkent (WIUT)...
OSCE parliamentarians meet this week in Minsk to produce recommendations on security, economics, environment and human rights
Publishing date: 3 July 2017
MINSK, 3 July 2017 – Held under the theme “Enhancing mutual trust and co-operation for peace and prosperity in the OSCE region,” the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s 2017 Annual Session will begin Wednesday with keynote speeches by Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko, Chairman of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus Vladimir Andreichenko, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Christine Muttonen, and the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz...
OSCE concludes anti-corruption needs assessment mission in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 29 June 2017
BISHKEK, 29 June 2017 – A three-day anti-corruption needs assessment mission by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities concludes today in Bishkek...