The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Irish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Eamon Gilmore, opening the first OSCE Permanent Council meeting of the 2012 Irish Chairmanship, Vienna, 12 January 2012.

Fight against hate and intolerance must continue says OSCE Chairperson on Holocaust Remembrance Day

JERUSALEM, 27 January 2012 – Speaking on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Irish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Eamon Gilmore, who is currently on a visit to the Middle East, emphasized the need to continue to fight hate and intolerance...
The flags of the OSCE and its participating States in front of the Hofburg in Vienna, 20 April 2009.

OSCE media freedom representative discusses next steps of media reform with Hungarian Minister

VIENNA, 26 January 2012 – Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, today met Zoltan Kovacs, Hungarian Minister of State for Government Communication in Vienna, to discuss media reforms in Hungary...
St. Basil's Cathedral, Moscow. OSCE/ODIHR formally opened its observation mission to monitor the upcoming 4 March 2012 presidential elections in the Russian Federation on 26 January 2012.

OSCE/ODIHR opens observation mission for Russian presidential election

MOSCOW, 26 January 2012 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today formally opened its election observation mission to monitor the upcoming 4 March presidential election in the Russian Federation...
Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, speaking during the opening session of the Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting on the Promotion of Pluralism in New Media, Vienna, 7 July 2011.

OSCE media representative calls for release of jailed Kazakhstani editor

VIENNA, 25 January 2011 - The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, condemned today as excessive a raid by law enforcement officers on Kazakhstan’s Vzglyad newspaper and urged the authorities to let independent media work freely...
The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Irish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Eamon Gilmore, speaking at a press conference after opening the first OSCE Permanent Council meeting of the 2012 Irish Chairmanship, Vienna, 12 January 2012.

Bialiatski should be set free, says OSCE Chairperson

DUBLIN, 24 January 2012 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Irish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Eamon Gilmore, expressed regret today that prominent Belarusian human rights defender Aliaksandr (Ales) Bialiatski was not freed on appeal...
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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.