Human rights, resolving protracted conflicts high on agenda OSCE Chairperson tells US Helsinki Commission

WASHINGTON DC, 8 February 2012 – Protecting human rights and fundamental freedoms as well as making progress on resolving protracted conflicts are priorities of the 2012 Irish OSCE Chairmanship, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Irish Deputy Prime Minister Eamon Gilmore told the US Helsinki Commission in Washington DC today...
(L-r) OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier, Ambassador Eoin O'Leary, Chairperson of the OSCE Permanent Council, and Brian Hayes, Minister of State at the Department of Finance of Ireland, during the OSCE meeting on anti-money laundering and countering terrorism in Vienna, 6 February 2012.

OSCE meeting on anti-money laundering and countering terrorism in Vienna

VIENNA, 6 February 2012 – The OSCE’s practical contribution to combat money laundering and financing of terrorism, and defining a strategic way forward in this area are the focus of a meeting between representatives from 56 countries which started in Vienna today...
Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Vienna, June 2011.

OSCE Special Representative meets Russian journalists to discuss media role in combating human trafficking

MOSCOW, 6 February 2012 - The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings Maria Grazia Giammarinaro met prominent Russian journalists in Moscow today to discuss the role of the media in the fight against human trafficking in the OSCE region. The meeting was organized by the Russian Union of Journalists in co-operation with the Office of the Special Representative...
Ambassador Erwan Fouéré, the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the Transdniestrian settlement process, addresses the members of the OSCE Mission to Moldova in the end of his visit to the region, 3 February 2012.

OSCE Special Representative for Transdniestrian settlement process visits region ahead of official talks in Dublin

CHIŞINĂU, 3 February 2012 - Ambassador Erwan Fouéré, the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the Transdniestrian settlement process, concluded meetings with the political leadership in Chişinău and Tiraspol today...
Thomas Hammarberg, the Council of Europe's Commissioner for Human Rights, speaks to the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna, 2 February 2012.

Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner addresses OSCE, stresses need to co-operate to confront negative trends

VIENNA, 2 February 2012 – The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Thomas Hammarberg, in today’s address to the OSCE Permanent Council emphasized the need for the Council or Europe, the OSCE and other international actors to further co-operate to counter negative developments in relation to human rights issues...
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OSCE completes Croatia mandate

The OSCE flag is lowered in the Croatian capital, marking the formal closure of the OSCE's office, Zagreb, 17 January 2012.
The formal closure of the OSCE Office in Zagreb is a real success story for the Organization – and for Croatia, which has signed a treaty to join the European Union next year.

18th OSCE Ministerial Council

The 18th OSCE Ministerial Council in Vilnius is being held in the Lithuanian Exhibition and Congress Centre (Litexpo Complex), on 6-7 December 2011.
The 18th Meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council was held in Vilnius on 6 and 7 December 2011. The Ministerial Council is the central decision-making and governing body of the OSCE.

OSCE Magazine, 4/2011

The Nikosi irrigation water project, managed by the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre, has provided water pumps and pipes to supply river water to the large Saltvisi irrigation channel, for the benefit of farmers affected by the August 2008 conflict in Georgia, 17 June 2011.
This issue of the OSCE Magazine features interviews with the incoming Chairperson-in-Office Eamon Gilmore, and the Director of the Conflict Prevention Centre Adam Kobieracki.