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OSCE States explore role for the Organization regarding migration and refugee flows
Publishing date: 20 July 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council
VIENNA, 20 July 2016 – Possible roles for the OSCE in the context of the migration and refugee flows across the OSCE area were discussed today at a special meeting of the Permanent Council in Vienna...
In first address to OSCE Permanent Council, incoming Chairperson-in-Office Austria’s Foreign Minister Kurz, stresses need for decisive action and cooperation
Publishing date: 14 July 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
VIENNA, 14 July 2016 – In his first address to the OSCE Permanent Council as incoming OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Austria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sebastian Kurz said that the fight against radicalization will be the main priority of Austria’s 2017 OSCE chairmanship...
Mandate of OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk extended by three months
Publishing date: 7 July 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Observer Mission at the Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk (discontinued), Permanent Council
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 7 July March 2016 – The OSCE Permanent Council extended today the mandate of the OSCE Observer Mission at the Russian border checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk. The mandate has been extended until 31 October 2016...
OSCE Ambassadors to visit Bosnia and Herzegovina from 19 to 22 June
Publishing date: 16 June 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
VIENNA, 16 June 2016- OSCE Heads of Delegations will visit the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) from 19 to 22 June 2016, where they will learn more about the Mission’s work and see first-hand how post-conflict rehabilitation and reform is progressing in the country...
Georgia’s Foreign Minister Mikheil Janelidze addresses OSCE Permanent Council, re-affirms commitments
Publishing date: 3 June 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
VIENNA, 3 June 2016 – In his address to the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna yesterday, Georgia’s Foreign Minister Mikheil Janelidze reiterated his country’s firm commitment to OSCE’s confidence-building measures in the face of security challenges in Europe and its efforts to tackle transnational threats.
Estonia’s Foreign Minister Marina Kaljurand addresses PC, expresses support for Europe’s fundamental values – human rights, democracy and rule of law
Publishing date: 26 May 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Rule of law
VIENNA, 26 May 2016 – Addressing the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna today Estonia’s Foreign Minister and Chair of the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers Marina Kaljurand underlined her country’s strong support for Europe’s fundamental values – human rights, democracy and the rule of law – and called for mutual efforts and co-operation in addressing the unresolved protracted conflicts...
Dialogue for enhanced European security in focus at joint session of OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation and Permanent Council
Publishing date: 9 March 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation, Permanent Council
What we do: Arms control
VIENNA, 9 March 2016 – Current security challenges in the OSCE area need to be tackled through a comprehensive dialogue process with all participating States demonstrating political will, said speakers at a joint meeting today of the Organization’s Forum for Security Co-operation, currently chaired by the Netherlands, and its Permanent Council chaired by Germany...