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Conflict prevention and resolution

The OSCE works to prevent conflicts from arising and to facilitate lasting comprehensive political settlements for existing conflicts. It also helps with the process of rehabilitation in post-conflict areas. It co-operates with representatives of the United Nations and other international organizations operating in areas of conflict.

Following the April 2010 crisis and subsequent violence in June 2010 in Kyrgyzstan, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office sent his Special Envoy, Zhanybek Karibzhanov, to facilitate dialogue and co-ordinate efforts with other international organizations.

The OSCE is involved in mediation efforts in several unresolved conflicts:

The conflict in and around Nagorno-Karabakh  - through the Minsk Group (co-chaired by France, the Russian Federation and the United States) and the Personal Representative of the Chairman-in-Office on the Conflict Dealt with by the OSCE Minsk Conference, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk.

Transdniestria - through the "5+2" talks, which includes the sides, the Republic of Moldova and Transdniestria, the mediators - the Russian Federation, Ukraine and the OSCE - and the United States and the European Union as observers.

Post-2008 conflict in Georgia - the OSCE, together with the UN and EU, co-chairs the international Geneva Discussions in the wake of the conflict in Georgia. It also, with EUMM, co-facilitates the meetings of the Dvani/Ergneti Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) dealing with matters that affect the daily life of populations on the ground.

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Ambassador Andrii Deshchytsia, the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for Conflicts (r), speaks with Kakhaber Kemoklidze of the Georgian Interior Ministry’s Analytical Department, Ergneti, 30 July 2013.

36th Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism meeting takes place in Ergneti

ERGNETI, 30 July 2013 - The 36th meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) took place today in Ergneti, co-facilitated by the Head of the EU Monitoring Mission (EUMM) a.i. Gerard A. Fischer, and Ambassador Andrii Deshchytsia, the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for Conflicts... ()
The OSCE Mission to Moldova facilitates the removal of sources of ionized radiation from Transdniestria, April 2013.

OSCE Mission to Moldova continues removal of ionized radiation sources from Transdniestria

CHISINAU, 24 July 2013 – Today the OSCE Mission to Moldova completed the removal of more than 700 ionized radiation sources from a hospital and factories in Transdniestria... ()
OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier (l) meets with French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius in Paris, 23 July 2013.

OSCE Secretary General visits Paris

OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier visited Paris for consultations on 23 July 2013. He met French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius and other senior French officials to discuss challenges in the OSCE region...

OSCE committed to further efforts aimed at peaceful resolution of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, says OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on a visit to Armenia

YEREVAN, 15 July 2013 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara, on a visit in Armenia discussed the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement and other OSCE-related issues with the Armenian President, Serzh Sargsyan, Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and the President of the National Assembly (Parliament), Hovik Abrahamyan...
The OSCE Chairperson's personal representative on protracted conflicts, Ambassador Andrii Deshchytsia (c) and the chief negotiators in the Transdniestrian settlement process, Eugen Carpov and Nina Shtanski, discuss a protocol on environmental co-operation during 5+2 talks in Vienna, 17 July 2013.

Latest round of Transdniestrian settlement talks concludes in Vienna

VIENNA, 17 July 2013 – The latest round of 5+2 talks in the Transdniestrian settlement process, chaired by the OSCE Chairperson’s Special Representative for conflicts Ambassador Andrii Deshchytsia, concluded in Vienna today... ()
Young people from both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River pose for a photo prior to playing in a football game that was part of an OSCE-supported summer school held from 4 to 14 July 2013 in the beach town of Molovata Noua, 12 July 2013.

Young people from both banks of Dniester/Nistru river discuss environmental protection and building trust, with OSCE support

An OSCE-supported summer school held from 4 to 14 July 2013 brought together 80 young people from both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River in a beach town of Molovata Noua... ()

5+2 talks on Transdniestrian settlement to take place in Vienna on 16-17 July

CHISINAU, 15 July 2013 – Official negotiations on the Transdniestrian settlement process will take place in Vienna on 16 and 17 July. .. ()
The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group met with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov (r) in London on 6 June 2013 and Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian (l) in Paris on 28 June 2013.

Press Release by the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group

VIENNA, 13 July 2013 - 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 of America) and the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, conducted a series of meetings in June and July to further develop ideas for a peaceful resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict...
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