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OSCE supports Ukraine’s efforts to clear seashores from legacy of past wars
Publishing date: 24 March 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Arms control
Diving suits, hydroacousticdevices and underwater communication sets are among the equipment handed over on 21 March 2014 by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine to the national State Emergency Service in Kyiv to use for clearing the country’s coastal areas from explosive remnants of war and unsafe ammunition,as well as in other underwater rescue and humanitarian operations...
Press Release by the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group
Publishing date: 24 March 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Minsk Group
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
THE HAGUE, 24 March 2014- The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Ambassadors Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Jacques Faure of France, and James Warlick of the United States of America) met separately with President Serzh Sargsian of Armenia and President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan in The Hague on March 23-24. The Personal Representative of the Chairman in Office, Andrzej Kasprzyk, also attended the meetings.
OSCE presents survey on awareness, implementation of gender equality law in Montenegrin institutions
Publishing date: 24 March 2014
A survey on the awareness and implementation in Montenegrin institutions of the Law on Gender Equality was presented at a session of the Parliamentary Committee for Gender Equality on 21 March 2014. The research was prepared by the Committee in co-operation with the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, the Ministry for Human and Minority Rights and the UNDP Office in Montenegro...
43rd Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism meeting takes place in Ergneti
Publishing date: 22 March 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
ERGNETI, 22 March 2014- On 21 March 2014 the 43rd meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) took place in Ergneti, co-facilitated by Toivo Klaar, the Head of the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM), and Ambassador Angelo Gnaedinger, the OSCE Special Representative for the Southern Caucasus...
All sides will benefit from the decision to deploy an OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, Swiss OSCE Chair says
Publishing date: 21 March 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
BERN, 21 March 2014 – The decision of the Permanent Council of the OSCE today to deploy a Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine was welcomed by the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Swiss Foreign Minister, Didier Burkhalter.
OSCE media freedom representative calls for immediate lifting of Twitter ban in Turkey
Publishing date: 21 March 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 21 March 2014 – Blocking Twitter and threatening to close social media websites only adds to the many concerns about media freedom and freedom of expression in Turkey, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović said today.
Sustainable water management key to security, OSCE Secretary General says on World Water Day
Publishing date: 21 March 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Environmental activities
VIENNA, 22 March 2014- Sustainable water management is key to ensuring peace, stability and security, OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier said today to mark World Water Day...