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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Gender equality essential in building secure, peaceful future, says OSCE Chairperson ahead of International Women’s Day
Publishing date: 7 March 2013
THE HAGUE, 7 March 2013 – Strengthening security and peace in the OSCE area will be impossible without full and equal participation of women in economic, political and social spheres of life, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara said today, speaking ahead of International Women’s Day marked on 8 March...
Progress made in Serbia-Romania dialogue on minority issues in consultations facilitated by OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
Publishing date: 1 March 2013
On 28 February and 1 March 2013, delegations from the Serbian and Romanian Governments met for the second time in the Netherlands for informal consultations under the auspices of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM), Ambassador Knut Vollebaek...
OSCE Chair stresses need for positive developments in human dimension of OSCE
Publishing date: 27 February 2013
WARSAW, 27 February 2013 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara, discussed Ukraine’s priorities in the areas of human rights, democracy and the rule of law during a meeting today with Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights.
OSCE Chair’s Special Representative Andrii Deshchytsia co-facilitated 31st meeting of Ergneti IPRM
Publishing date: 22 February 2013
ERGNETI, 22 February 2013 – Today, on 22 February, the 31st meeting of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) was held in Ergneti, co-facilitated by the Head of the EU Monitoring Mission Ambassador Tyszkiewicz and the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for conflicts Ambassador Deshchytsia...
The OSCE Chair acknowledges a vital role of the OSCE PA in promoting the Organization’s values, norms and commitments, his Special Envoy says
Publishing date: 22 February 2013
VIENNA, 21 February 2013 – The OSCE Chair’s Special Envoy Vyacheslav Yatsiuk addressed today the participants of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s 12th Winter Meeting on behalf of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara...
Afghan border police complete OSCE-supported winter patrol course
Publishing date: 22 February 2013
DUSHANBE, 22 February 2013 – Afghan border police officers completed a two-week practical course on winter patrolling at the Tajik Border Troops Training Centre in Gissar today. The course was organized by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan...
OSCE Special Representative, at 5+2 Transdniestrian settlement talks, highlights need to maintain momentum
Publishing date: 19 February 2013
LVIV, Ukraine, 19 February 2013- The OSCE Chairperson's Special Representative for conflicts, Ambassador Andrii Deshchytsia, urged the sides to maintain momentum in the Transdniestrian settlement process in talks that concluded today in the Ukrainian city of Lviv...