News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism meeting takes place in Ergneti
Publishing date: 9 December 2010
ERGNETI, 10 December 2010- The eighth regular meeting of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism took place today in Ergneti, co-facilitated by OSCE and the European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM).
OSCE-supported meeting in Central Asia focuses on countering incitement to terrorism
Publishing date: 8 December 2010
TASHKENT, 9 December 2010- Counter-terrorism experts from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan are discussing how to best counter incitement to terrorism and violent extremism at an OSCE-supported regional seminar that began in Tashkent today...
OSCE Special Representative calls for recognition of trafficking in human beings as massive-scale problem in new report
Publishing date: 8 December 2010
VIENNA, 9 December- The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, called on countries to change their perception considering human trafficking as a marginal phenomenon and instead encouraged them to recognize it as a massive-scale modern-day slavery in a speech today to the OSCE Permanent Council...
OSCE hosts national workshop in Yerevan on enhancing cyber-security
Publishing date: 8 December 2010
YEREVAN, 8 December 2010- A national expert workshop on combating terrorist use of the Internet and comprehensively enhancing cyber-security, organized by the OSCE Action against Terrorism Unit (ATU) in co-operation with the OSCE Office in Yerevan, started in Yerevan today...
ODIHR provides training on freedom of religion or belief
Publishing date: 8 December 2010
On 8 December, staff from ODIHR and members of ODIHR’s Advisory Council on Freedom of Religion or Belief provided a one-day training session in Vienna for 23 participants from non-governmental organizations and religious or belief communities from all parts of the OSCE region.
OSCE promotes public-private partnerships in South-Eastern Europe to counter terrorist financing and radicalization
Publishing date: 7 December 2010
SARAJEVO, 8 December 2010- Experts from governments and the private sector in South-Eastern Europe are discussing how to best combat terrorist financing and radicalization that lead to terrorism at an OSCE-organized workshop that began in Sarajevo today...
OSCE meeting to discuss emerging challenges related to freedom of religion or belief
Publishing date: 7 December 2010
VIENNA, 7 December 2010- Representatives from the 56 OSCE participating States, civil society and international organizations will gather in Vienna on Thursday to discuss how to promote freedom of religion or belief and how to respond to emerging challenges...