News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE-Mongolia Conference focuses on enhanced co-operation with Asian Partners in addressing common security challenges
Publishing date: 23 May 2011
ULAANBAATAR, 23 May 2011 – Strengthening synergies between the 56 participating States of the OSCE and its Asian Partners for Co-operation in addressing transnational threats, such as illicit drug trafficking; advancing international economic co-operation, in particular on transport and energy security; as well as promoting human rights and fundamental freedoms in the whole OSCE area, are key topics of the OSCE-Mongolia Conference that started in Ulaanbaatar today...
OSCE chairs ENVSEC Management Board Meeting
Publishing date: 19 May 2011
High-level representatives of the Environment and Security (ENVSEC) Initiative Partners met in Vienna on 18 May 2011 for the first Management Board meeting since the OSCE assumed its 2011 chairmanship in the six-agency partnership...
Trafficking for labour exploitation should be tackled as serious crime, warns OSCE Special Representative
Publishing date: 18 May 2011
TBILISI, 18 May 2011 – Trafficking for labour exploitation is widespread and countries need to take more effective measures to adequately tackle new trends in this form of modern-day slavery, said the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, at a regional conference in Tbilisi today...
OSCE-supported seminar focuses on challenges faced by female migrant workers
Publishing date: 16 May 2011
VIENNA, 17 May 2011- Raising awareness of the challenges faced by female migrant workers in the OSCE region and the need for more appropriate policy responses are the focus of an OSCE-supported training seminar which started in Vienna today...
Need for integrated and co-ordinated policies for sustainable transport focus of OSCE meeting
Publishing date: 4 April 2011
DRUSKININKAI, Lithuania, 4 April 2011 – The need for co-ordinated policies to ensure transport grows sustainably to benefit the environment as well as the economy is the topic of a two-day preparatory meeting that opened today in the Lithuanian town of Druskininkai...
OSCE presents third study on migration data in Bishkek, discusses steps to harmonize regional data collection
Publishing date: 31 March 2011
BISHKEK, 31 March 2011 – The preliminary findings and recommendations from an assessment of Kyrgyzstan’s collection of migration data by the OSCE and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) were presented to government officials and policymakers dealing with migration data at a meeting in Bishkek today...
OSCE, Anti-Corruption Academy agree to co-operate on fighting corruption
Publishing date: 29 March 2011
The OSCE Secretary General, Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, and the Chair of the International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA) International Transition Team, Martin Kreutner, signed a Memorandum of Understanding formalizing co-operation between the two organizations on 28 March 2011 at the OSCE Secretariat in Vienna...