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OSCE responds to crisis in and around Ukraine

OSCE responses to the crisis in and around Ukraine range from high-level diplomacy and multilateral dialogue, addressing concerns over fundamental freedoms, human rights, through to monitoring, fact-finding and military visits. Read more

Water knows no borders

Following the floods in South East Europe, the OSCE Chairmanship designated regional co-operation on water management as top priority. Read more

Co-operation matters!

#WeCooperate OSCE interactive campaign
In a new interactive campaign the OSCE is inviting members of the public to send in photos, videos and social media messages on how we can work together to make security a reality and promote peace through co-operation. Read more

Positive agenda for the Western Balkans

Respect for human rights, tolerance, non-discrimination, as well intensifying regional co-operation and furthering the reconciliation process are key priorities for the Serbia’s Chairmanship. Read more

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Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Vienna, 18 May 2015. (OSCE/Micky Kröll)
ODIHR Director Link welcomes Nebraska legislature vote abolishing capital punishment
Michael Georg Link says he hopes that those states that continue to carry out executions will follow Nebraska’s example.
OSCE Security Days event sends powerful message of tolerance
The 2015 Security Days event provides a forum for discussing how interfaith dialogue, education and media can help counter extremism and radicalization that lead to violence.
OSCE Secretary General Zannier and Head of the OSCE Mission to BiH Jonathan Moore visited the National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina, designed in 1891 by the Czech architect Karel Pařík. The building was destroyed in 1992, reopening in 2014. (REUTERS/Dado Ruvic)
Partnership and co-operation take Bosnia and Herzegovina forward
“The peace process following the end of the conflict should teach us the importance of trust, reconciliation and confidence-building,” - Secretary General Lamberto Zannier
Restoring security of paramount importance, says OSCE Mission to Skopje
Restoring security of paramount importance, says OSCE Mission to Skopje
The OSCE stands ready to support efforts aimed at addressing the situation by peaceful means and preventing further escalation.
(L-r) Germany's Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier; OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić; and Didier Burkhalter, Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Swiss Confederation, meet at a Ministerial meeting of the OSCE Troika, Belgrade, 28 April 2015. (FoNet Agency)
OSCE Troika urges advancement in political process aimed at solving crisis in Ukraine
Crisis in and around Ukraine can be resolved only through peaceful means and the political process in that regard should be advanced without delay.
Water is Security
Video: Water is a strategic resource and an essential element of national and regional security. The OSCE works to make water a resource for co-operation and not competition.
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