OSCE Secretary General Lambert Zannier speaking at the opening session of the Conference on Prevention of Illicit Drug Supply to Youth, organized by the OSCE and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Vienna, 18 October 2012.

Fighting illicit drug supply to young people focus of OSCE conference in Vienna

VIENNA, 18 October 2012 - Cutting the supply of illicit drugs to young people is the focus of an OSCE-organized conference which started in Vienna today...
Serbian Prime Minister and Interior Minister, Ivica Dacic (centre), meets with an OSCE delegation headed by the Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic (right), Belgrade, 19 September 2012.

OSCE media freedom representative condemns attack on Serbian newspaper director

VIENNA, 18 October 2012 – Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, today strongly condemned the attack on Damir Dragić, director of the daily newspaper Informer...
OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, during a ceremony where she received a Trafficking in Persons Hero Award from U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, to honour her significant contributions in the struggle to end modern-day slavery, Washington, 19 June 2012.

OSCE Special Representative calls for redoubled efforts against modern-day slavery on Anti-Trafficking Day

VIENNA, 18 October 2012 – The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, called for new approaches in the fight against the growing problem of modern-day slavery on the occasion of the European Union Anti-Trafficking Day today...
Goran Svilanović, Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, speaking at the opening of the Economic and Environmental Dimension Implementation Meeting at the Hofburg in Vienna, 16 October 2012.

OSCE states review implementation of economic and environmental commitments

VIENNA, 16 October 2012 – Representatives of the 56 OSCE participating States met today in Vienna to discuss the implementation of their commitments on economic and environmental issues...
A polling board member in the Golubovci settlement of Podgorica checking a voter’s identification before giving him a ballot during early parliamentary elections in Montenegro, 14 October 2012.

Montenegro elections pluralistic with respect for fundamental rights, although confidence-building is needed, observers say

PODGORICA, 15 October 2012 – Montenegro’s early parliamentary elections on 14 October took place in a peaceful and pluralistic environment with respect for fundamental rights, although continued lack of confidence needs to be addressed, international observers said in a statement issued today...
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Confidence building in the OSCE

The OSCE's Community Security Initiative (CSI) builds confidence between police and communities in Kyrgyzstan. Here, CSI officers and police officers in Isfana meet and interact with locals, 14 March 2012.
Confidence-building measures have been a part of the OSCE since the beginning. They focus on changing perceptions and (re)building relations.

New publication

Handbook on Data Collection in support of Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing: National Risk Assessments
Guidelines developed by the OSCE on improving data collection to help combat money laundering and terrorism financing were launched in Vienna on 16 October 2012.

OSCE Magazine, 3/2012

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In this issue: Confidence building in the OSCE; time to act on Roma and Sinti inclusion; sports and the spirit of co-operation; conference interpretation.