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OSCE Chair calls for stopping confrontation in eastern Ukraine

Publishing date: 13 April 2014
Collections: Swiss Chairmanship takes lead in OSCE Ukraine efforts
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
BERN, 13 April 2014 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter today called upon all sides to move the situation away from confrontation and to act responsibly in order to reduce tensions and avoid further violence in eastern Ukraine.

OSCE Chair to meet Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine

Publishing date: 11 April 2014
Collections: Swiss Chairmanship takes lead in OSCE Ukraine efforts
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
BERN, 11 April 2014- Didier Burkhalter, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Swiss Foreign Minister, will travel to Ukraine and meet the Special Monitoring Mission on Monday, 14 April...

Russian and Ukrainian Delegations to OSCE Parliamentary Assembly meet to discuss crisis

Publishing date: 11 April 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
VIENNA, 11 April 2014 – Members of the Russian and Ukrainian Delegations to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly met for talks today in Vienna on the invitation of OSCE PA President Ranko Krivokapic.

OSCE Secretary General calls for calm in eastern Ukraine

Publishing date: 8 April 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 8 April 2014 – OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier today expressed concern about the violence in eastern Ukraine over the past days, and has called on all sides to opt for peaceful dialogue...

OSCE representative deeply concerned about deteriorating media freedom situation in eastern Ukraine

Publishing date: 8 April 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 8 April 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed her concern about the deteriorating media freedom situation, especially regarding journalists’ safety, in eastern Ukraine...

OSCE ready to organize next round of 5+2 as soon as possible, says OSCE Chair’s Special Representative

Publishing date: 8 April 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
BERN/BELGRADE, 8 April 2014 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the Transdniestrian Settlement Process, Ambassador Radojko Bogojević, stated today that the OSCE is ready to organize the next round of 5+2 negotiations as soon as the sides agree...

Statement by the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities on her recent visits to Ukraine

Publishing date: 4 April 2014
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: National minority issues
The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities has been closely following developments in Ukraine since the office was established in 1993 to act as an instrument of conflict prevention at the earliest stage. The successive High Commissioners have paid particular attention to the inter-ethnic situation in Crimea, legislation regulating minority rights and language use, and the education of national minorities...