News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Social inclusion of migrant workers critical to preventing human trafficking, says OSCE Special Representative on visit to Canada
Publishing date: 12 August 2011
TORONTO, Canada, 12 August 2011 – The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, emphasized prevention as a strategic area of anti-trafficking action during a visit to Canada that concluded today...
OSCE media freedom representative urges Skopje to halt ‘alarming’ deterioration in media freedom in the country
Publishing date: 11 August 2011
VIENNA, 11 August 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, in a letter sent to Skopje to newly appointed Foreign Minister Nikola Poposki, said today that she is alarmed by the sharp decline of media freedom and the continued repression of media and critical voices in the country...
OSCE Office helps to prevent domestic violence in Azerbaijan’s regions
Publishing date: 4 August 2011
MASALLY, Azerbaijan, 5 August 2011 – The OSCE Office in Baku, in co-operation with the State Committee on Family, Women and Children’s Affairs, organized a discussion today on the role of local communities in preventing domestic violence in Masally, in the southern district of Azerbaijan. Participants from surrounding districts also participated in the event...
OSCE supports women in conflict prevention and reconciliation efforts in southern Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 3 August 2011
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 3 August 2011 – A co-operation agreement between women community leaders, the community police, healthcare and education structures and the Mayor’s Office was signed today in Osh in the framework of an OSCE project on gender issues and conflict prevention in southern Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE supports raising awareness on human rights and environment for Ukrainian youth
Publishing date: 3 August 2011
A summer camp for children and youth to raise awareness of environmental and human-rights issues, organized by the Ukrainian Youth Association and supported by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU) was launched on August 1, 2011 in Lviv region in western Ukraine...
On first joint visit, OSCE Special Representatives meet President of Kyrgyzstan, discussed prevention of human trafficking and violence against women
Publishing date: 30 July 2011
BISHKEK, 30 July 2011 – On a joint visit to Kyrgyzstan, the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, and the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Gender Issues, Wendy Patten, stressed today the importance of continuing co-operation with the authorities of Kyrgyzstan to better prevent and fight against trafficking in human beings and all forms of gender-based violence...
OSCE human rights chief welcomes declaration of official Roma genocide remembrance day in Poland
Publishing date: 29 July 2011
WARSAW, 29 July 2011 – Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), welcomed today’s decision by the Polish parliament to declare 2 August as the official Roma and Sinti Genocide Remembrance Day...