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In Kyiv, OSCE PA delegation encourages Ukraine to implement Normandy Four commitments to maintain conflict resolution momentum
Publishing date: 19 December 2019
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
KYIV, 19 December 2019 – An OSCE Parliamentary Assembly delegation holding meetings in Kyiv this week welcomed the resumption of dialogue between the leaders of Ukraine and the Russian Federation and the outcomes of the recent Normandy Four summit in Paris. In discussions, the PA delegation explored ways the Assembly can continue to support Ukraine as well as the incoming OSCE Albanian Chairmanship’s priorities. Ukraine’s decentralization efforts, humanitarian issues, economic reform and good governance were also emphasized...
Press Statement of Special Representative Sajdik after the regular Meeting of Trilateral Contact Group in Minsk on 18 December 2019
Publishing date: 19 December 2019
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
MINSK, 19 December 2019 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group, Ambassador Martin Sajdik, made the following statement to the press after the meeting of the TCG and its working groups in Minsk on 18 December 2019:...
OSCE PA’s Eidsheim highlights developments in the Arctic and opportunities for co-operation
Publishing date: 16 December 2019
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
ROVANIEMI, Finland, 16 December 2019 – The OSCE PA Special Representative on Arctic Issues, Torill Eidsheim (MP, Norway), delivered today a keynote address to the Sub-Committee on External Relations of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), convened in Rovaniemi, Finland, for a meeting on developments in the Arctic region and opportunities for international co-operation...
OSCE PA to deploy first-ever election observation mission to Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 13 December 2019
COPENHAGEN, 13 December 2019 – More than 50 observers from the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly are deploying to Uzbekistan for the 22 December parliamentary elections. It is the first time for the OSCE PA observing an election in the country...
OSCE supports regional efforts to tackle the digital dimensions of violent extremism in Central Asia
Publishing date: 12 December 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Countering terrorism
A two-day expert meeting on how to address the digital dimensions of violent extremism in Central Asia opened on 12 December 2019 in Dushanbe for some 70 experts from all the Central Asian states and Afghanistan. The participants include representatives of law enforcement agencies, relevant state institutions, the ICT industry, civil society, youth organizations, academia, and the media...
Press communiqué of the Co-Chairs of the Geneva International Discussions
Publishing date: 11 December 2019
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Chairmanship sources, OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
GENEVA, 11 December 2019- The Geneva International Discussions (GID) held its 50th round on 10-11 December 2019.
OSCE Chair welcomes Normandy Four Summit as important contribution towards the resolution of the conflict in eastern Ukraine
Publishing date: 10 December 2019
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
NEW YORK, United States, 10 December 2019- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Slovakia’s Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Miroslav Lajčák, today welcomed the results of the Normandy Four Summit in Paris...