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OSCE Chairperson marks 40 years since Helsinki process with call to strengthen trust and confidence
KYIV, 3 July 2013 – Marking the 40th anniversary of start of the Helsinki process, OSCE Chairperson, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara called on the leaders of the OSCE participating States to take inspiration from this process's achievements and to work towards overcoming persisting divisions and mistrust... ()
OSCE Chairperson calls on states to revitalize ‘culture of engagement’ at annual meeting of parliamentarians
ISTANBUL, 29 June 2013 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara, speaking today at the 22nd Annual Session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, told parliamentarians from across the OSCE region that further efforts to strengthen trust and confidence among the states are needed... ()
Barriers to freedom of movement, missing persons, water provision in focus at Geneva International Discussions co-chaired by Ukraine
GENEVA, 26 June 2013 – Addressing the negative impact of fencing activities along the Administrative Boundary Line was the main topic which dominated the deliberations of the 24th meeting of the Geneva International Discussions today co-chaired by the OSCE Chair’s Special Representative for conflicts, Ambassador Andrii Deshchytsia...
35th Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism meeting takes place in Ergneti
ERGNETI, 21 June 2013 - The 35th meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) took place in Ergneti today, co-facilitated by the OSCE and EU Monitoring Mission (EUMM)...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, on his visit to Georgia, expresses concern over obstacles to freedom of movement along Administrative Boundary Line with South Ossetia
TBILISI, 18 June 2013 - OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara, on a two-day visit to Georgia, today discussed with President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili and Foreign Minister Maia Panjikidze a number of issues, focusing on the OSCE agenda...
Transnational threats, conflicts, arms control, Afghanistan to be discussed at OSCE annual conference in Vienna on Wednesday
VIENNA, 18 June 2013 –, The role of politico-military aspects in advancing work towards a Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian security community will be an overarching topic of the OSCE Annual Security Review Conference to take place in Vienna tomorrow...
OSCE Chair calls on the parties of the Transdniestrian settlement to refrain from unilateral actions impeding the negotiation process
KYIV, 17 June 2013 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara expressed his concern over the negative implications for the Transdniestrian settlement process caused by the recent adoption by the Transdniestrian side of the so-called legal act on the border. ()
OSCE Chairperson meets with OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs
KYIV, 14 June 2013 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara received today the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Ambassadors Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Jacques Faure of France, and Ian Kelly of the United States as well as the Personal Representative of the Chairperson-in-Office on the conflict dealt with by the OSCE Minsk Conference, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk... ()
Greater efforts, co-operation needed to ensure security of Jewish communities, say participants at OSCE conference in Berlin
BERLIN, 13 June 2013 – Violent attacks and threats motivated by anti-Semitism affect the day-to-day lives of Jewish communities all across the OSCE region, and these communities are in need of protection from these threats and the harmful impact they have on their religious and cultural activities and on their human rights, said participants at an expert OSCE conference in Berlin today...
Participants at high-level OSCE conference in Kyiv call for stronger anti-trafficking action
KYIV, 10 June 2013 – Ways to strengthen the OSCE participating States’ response to human trafficking in terms of the prevention of the crime, prosecution of offenders and protection of victims are the focus of a high-level conference that started in Kyiv today... ()