News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE helps control export of small arms and light weapons
Publishing date: 29 September 2011
To prevent small arms and light weapons (SALW) from getting into the wrong hands, countries need to ensure that there are sufficient safeguards in the procedures for their export.
Early warning, regional mechanisms key to countering terrorist threat, OSCE anti-terrorism head tells UN committee
Publishing date: 28 September 2011
UNITED NATIONS, 28 September 2011 – Regional organizations have a critical role in putting global strategies to fight terrorism into practice, said Raphael Perl, the Head on Anti-Terrorism Issues at the OSCE Secretariat, at a special meeting of the UN Counter-Terrorism Committee today...
Proposals to regulate Internet could threaten freedom of expression, warns OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 28 September 2011
VIENNA, 28 September 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, voiced concern today about Internet regulation policies proposed by several participating States and reminded them of their OSCE media freedom commitments...
OSCE holds expert meeting in Moldova on preventing and countering terrorist financing
Publishing date: 26 September 2011
CHISINAU, 27 September 2011 – Investigating and prosecuting the financing of terrorism is the focus of a three-day OSCE-organized meeting that opened today in Chisinau...
OSCE Mission to Moldova holds conference on reform of public broadcaster
Publishing date: 23 September 2011
CHISINAU, 23 September 2011 – Reform of the public broadcaster Teleradio-Moldova was the focus of a high-level conference held today in Chisinau by the OSCE Mission to Moldova...
OSCE media freedom representative calls on Ukrainian government to allow independent Kharkiv broadcaster back on air
Publishing date: 22 September 2011
VIENNA, 22 September 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today urged the Ukrainian Government to help restore media pluralism in Kharkiv by allowing ATN news broadcaster back on air...
OSCE Annual Police Experts Meeting to focus on reform of criminal justice system
Publishing date: 22 September 2011
VIENNA, 22 September 2011 – A two-day Annual Police Experts Meeting (APEM) that started in Vienna today gathered some 120 international criminal justice experts who will share best practices and discuss how the reform of the criminal justice system can build capacity and increase effectiveness of the police structures...