Secretary-General urges protection of older persons from physical, psychological abuse
Two chess players enjoying an outdoor game in New York City’s Central Park.
Greater efforts, co-operation needed to ensure security of Jewish communities, say participants at OSCE conference in Berlin
Rabbi Andrew Baker, the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Combating Anti-Semitism, speaking at an expert...
UN agency sounds alarm over exploitation of millions of children in domestic labour
Young girl doing domestic work in Nepal.
Closure of public service broadcaster could endanger media pluralism in Greece, warns OSCE media freedom representative
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, warned that the closure of Greece’s public service broadcaster, ERT, could deprive citizens of a diversity of views, and it creates economic hardship for the dismissed journalists.
Participants at high-level OSCE conference in Kyiv call for stronger anti- trafficking action
Combating trafficking in human beings all over the OSCE region is in focus of OSCE conference in Kyiv in June 2013. Anti-trafficking...
China: Crackdown on Anticorruption Activists Escalates
More than a dozen anti-corruption activists in Beijing and Jiangxi Province were detained between late March and late May after participating in or organizing demonstrations calling for government officials to publicly disclose their assets, China...
Kyrgyzstan: 3 Years After Violence, a Mockery of Justice
Police and security guards at the trial of Mahamad Bizurukov stand...
Outcome of global hunger summit as major step towards ending 'injustice of malnutrition' – UN officials
A child gets measured for malnutrition in Mali.
Guineans flee Conakry unrest, ethnic tension
A pro-Condé rally in Guinea’s capital Conakry. Political unrest has intensified recently.
Somalia: With clashes reported in port city, UN political mission chief calls for immediate end to fighting
Somalis stand in front of a kiosk in market area of the port city of Kismayo, south Somalia.