News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 26 January 2015
Publishing date: 27 January 2015
The SMM continued to monitor the implementation of the provisions of the Minsk Protocol and Memorandum and the work of the Joint Centre for Control and Co-ordination (JCCC). Russian Federation military officers and “LPR” and “DPR” members are still absent from the JCCC headquarters in Debaltseve.
OSCE Mission in Kosovo condemns violent protests
Publishing date: 27 January 2015
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 27 January 2015 – The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Jean-Claude Schlumberger, has strongly condemned the violence that erupted today during the opposition protests which left dozens of police officers and protesters injured.
Water challenges demand comprehensive governance approach to protect, use and share water responsibly, stresses OSCE Economic and environmental Forum Preparatory Meeting
Publishing date: 27 January 2015
VIENNA, 27 January 2015 – More than 200 representatives of OSCE participating States, Partners for Co-operation, non-governmental organizations, academia and international organizations discussed ways to further develop the OSCE’s role in the area of water governance at the first Preparatory Meeting of the 2015 OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum...
OSCE Representative warns that legal amendments pose threat to free expression in Bosnia and Herzegovina; offers legal assistance
Publishing date: 27 January 2015
VIENNA, 27 January, 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today sent a letter to the Speaker of the National Assembly of Republika Srpska, warning that the draft Law on Public Peace and Order tabled for adoption at the next session could be used to limit free expression on social media...
Press Release by the Minsk Group Co-Chairs
Publishing date: 27 January 2015
KRAKOW, 27 January 2015- The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Ambassadors Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, James Warlick of the United States of America, and Pierre Andrieu of France) met with Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov today in Krakow. The Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, also participated in the meeting...
OSCE PA President calls on Russia to close border with Ukraine
Publishing date: 27 January 2015
COPENHAGEN, 27 January 2015 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) today called on Russia to close its international border with Ukraine to help counter the alarming increase in violence in eastern Ukraine in recent weeks...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Dačić voices concern over recent developments on Armenian-Azerbaijani border and Line of Contact
Publishing date: 27 January 2015
BELGRADE, 27 January 2014- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić expressed concern at recent developments on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border and the Line of Contact. “I would like to urge the sides to ensure a full ceasefire and cessation of hostilities as stipulated in the May 1994 agreement,” he said. “I deplore the upsurge in acts of violence resulting in loss of lives, and I call on the sides to demonstrate responsibility and avoid steps that would lead to further escalation...