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Head of OSCE Mission to BiH meets Chief Prosecutor, says regional co-operation crucial to prevent impunity for war crimes
Publishing date: 5 February 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Rule of law
SARAJEVO, 5 February 2013 – Fletcher M. Burton, Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, met today with Goran Salihovic, the newly appointed BiH Chief Prosecutor, and expressed the OSCE’s continued commitment to support the work of the Prosecutor’s Office...
OSCE Presence in Albania brings international community together to discuss elections
Publishing date: 5 February 2013
TIRANA, 5 February 2013 – Representatives of the international community in Tirana met today under the auspices of the OSCE Presence in Albania to exchange information and co-ordinate positions in view of the forthcoming parliamentary elections scheduled for 23 June...
OSCE helps to improve transparency of Armenian Central Electoral Commission
Publishing date: 5 February 2013
An OSCE-supported project to allow web-streaming of sessions of the Armenian Central Electoral Commission (CEC) was publicly presented to the media and the international community in Yerevan on 5 February 2013...
OSCE Chairperson meets Minsk Group Co-Chairs on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement
Publishing date: 5 February 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara, met 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 OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, on 5 February 2013 to discuss the progress towards settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict...
Children’s right to education must not be politicized, says OSCE report on Moldovan-administered Latin-script schools in Transdniestria
Publishing date: 4 February 2013
Content type: Press release
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
CHISINAU, 4 February 2013 – The OSCE Mission to Moldova and the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities today published a report on the situation of the eight Moldovan-administered, Latin-script schools in Transdniestria...
Reducing energy-related environmental footprint will further regional security, say OSCE meeting participants
Publishing date: 4 February 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
VIENNA, 4 February 2013- Improving the environmental footprint of energy-related activities and discussing ways to renew and deepen the OSCE’s political commitments and engagement in promoting environmentally sustainable energy management are the focus of an OSCE meeting that started in Vienna today...
OSCE Chair condemns terrorist attack against U.S. Embassy in Ankara
Publishing date: 1 February 2013
KYIV, 1 February 2013 –The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara strongly condemned today’s terrorist attack against the U.S. Embassy in Ankara...