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OSCE welcomes Belgrade-Pristina agreement
Publishing date: 19 April 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
KYIV/VIENNA, 19 April 2013 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara and the OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier welcomed today’s Belgrade-Pristina agreement facilitated by the EU High Representative Catherine Ashton in Brussels...
Reconciliation key to breaking ‘cycle of enmity’, OSCE Secretary General tells meeting participants
Publishing date: 18 December 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 18 December 2012 – Reconciliation is key to overcoming the lack of trust and animosity with the aim to facilitate progress towards a Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian Security community in the OSCE region, said participants at an OSCE workshop in Vienna today...
Including women in conflict mediation, focus of OSCE expert discussion
Publishing date: 22 October 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Gender equality
VIENNA, 22 October 2012- Exploring ways to include women in formal and informal peace processes was the theme of a roundtable discussion organized by the OSCE in Vienna on today...
OSCE Secretary General, on visit to Moldova, stresses OSCE support to Transdniestrian settlement process, confidence-building efforts on both banks
Publishing date: 18 July 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
CHISINAU, 18 July 2012- OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier, speaking at the conclusion of his visit to Chisinau and Tiraspol today, underscored the OSCE’s support for the Transdniestrian settlement process and efforts to improve the lives of people on both banks of the river...
OSCE Secretary General discusses tackling organized crime and drugs trafficking with UNODC
Publishing date: 28 December 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General
Meeting with the Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Yury Fedotov, on 22 December 2011 in Vienna, OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier discussed the prospects for closer co-operation to tackle organized crime and drugs trafficking...
17th IPRM meeting takes place in Dvani
Publishing date: 22 November 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
DVANI, 22 November 2011- On 22 November, the 17th IPRM meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism took place in Dvani. The meeting was co-facilitated by the EUMM and the OSCE...
OSCE helps control export of small arms and light weapons
Publishing date: 29 September 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Conflict prevention and resolution
To prevent small arms and light weapons (SALW) from getting into the wrong hands, countries need to ensure that there are sufficient safeguards in the procedures for their export.