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Review needed on OSCE response to economic and environmental threats, Secretary General tells annual meeting
Publishing date: 21 October 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
The OSCE needs to develop its capacity to respond to ‘very tangible’ threats to security imposed by economic and environmental factors such as water, resource sharing, energy, migration and climate change, OSCE Secretary General told an annual meeting on the topic on 21 October 2013 in Vienna.
OSCE Secretary General meets Italian Foreign Minister Bonino, discusses Italian EU Presidency, security in Mediterranean
Publishing date: 14 October 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General
OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier met Italian Foreign Minister Emma Bonino, Deputy Foreign Minister Marta Dassù, Secretary General Michele Valensise and Political Affairs Director Sandro de Bernardin during an official visit to Rome on 14 October 2013.
Close links between OSCE and Council of Europe discussed in Strasbourg visit
Publishing date: 11 October 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General
OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier met Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland during an official visit to in Strasbourg on 9 October 2013.
OSCE Secretary General met Slovenian leadership, addressed South-Eastern Europe Defence Ministerial in Brdo
Publishing date: 11 October 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General
OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier met with the Slovenian President Borut Pahor, Prime Minister Alenka Bratušek, Defence Minister Roman Jakič and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Bogdan Benko, during an official visit to the country on 3 October 2013. During the meetings, Zannier commended Slovenia's strong commitment to advancing regional integration in South-Eastern Europe and the OSCE region as a whole.
OSCE Secretary General discussed with Georgian Foreign Minister domestic situation, Organization’s engagement with Georgia
Publishing date: 10 October 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General
The OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier met with the Foreign Minister of Georgia Maja Panjikidze on 10 October 2013 during her visit to Vienna...
OSCE and UNDP expand co-operation in security and development
Publishing date: 9 October 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General
OSCE and UNDP signed a memorandum of understanding to increase their level of cooperation on the issues of security and cooperation
Preventing conflicts over access to water requires regional co-operation, says OSCE Secretary General at Budapest Water Summit
Publishing date: 8 October 2013
Water can become a potential source of conflict both within countries and between countries that depend on the same water sources and is now widely considered an essential element of national and regional security. Managing water resources to prevent conflicts, making full use of existing multilateral tools to maintain and enhance regional security, were key topics of OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier’s address to the Budapest Water Summit on 8 October 2013.