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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Co-operation with Mediterranean region is an objective necessity, says Albanian Foreign Minister Cakaj opening OSCE Mediterranean Conference in Tirana
Publishing date: 24 October 2019
TIRANA, 24 October 2019 – While Albania looks to Europe for its future, our history, geography and economy are rooted in the Mediterranean region, stated today in Tirana Albania’s Acting Foreign Affairs Minister Gent Cakaj, while opening 2019 OSCE Mediterranean Conference...
President Tsereteli and SG Montella meet European Parliament officials, highlight importance of OSCE-EU relations and parliamentary diplomacy
Publishing date: 24 October 2019
STRASBOURG, 24 October 2019 – OSCE PA President George Tsereteli and Secretary General Roberto Montella met yesterday in Strasbourg with Klara Dobrev, Vice President of the European Parliament, and Chair of the European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs, David McAllister, to discuss OSCE-EU relations as well as common challenges of the European continent. They agreed on the need to enhance co-operation between the OSCE PA and the European Parliament and invest more on joint projects, including on election observation and conflict prevention efforts...
International and regional co-operation key to tackling the complex security threats of today agree OSCE leaders
Publishing date: 24 October 2019
WASHINGTON D.C., 24 October 2019 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Slovak Minister for Foreign and European Affairs Miroslav Lajčák, and OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger discussed yesterday the role of international organizations and regional co-operation in preventing conflicts at an event moderated by Baroness Catherine Ashton of Upholland, Chair of the Global Europe Program of the Wilson Center and former EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.
Strengthening national responses and regional co-operation: National Anti-Trafficking Co-ordinators and Rapporteurs from across the OSCE region meet in Bratislava
Publishing date: 23 October 2019
National Anti-Trafficking Co-ordinators and Rapporteurs from 42 countries across the OSCE region gathered in Bratislava on 22 and 23 October 2019 for the largest annual meeting of this kind at the international level. They discussed how to address current human trafficking-related challenges and foster the implementation of international commitments, policies and standards set forth by the OSCE and the Council of Europe’s Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings...
From Budapest to Budapest: OSCE symposium in Hungarian capital marks 25 years of the Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security
Publishing date: 21 October 2019
The OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre and Hungary’s Ministry of Defence organized a symposium in Budapest from 16 to 18 October 2019 to mark 25 years of the OSCE Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security. This landmark document, signed in the Hungarian capital in 1994, contains key principles and commitments for the organization’s 57 participating States related to security relations between states and to the control of all armed and security forces within a state...
OSCE hosts 2019 Aarhus Centres Annual Meeting
Publishing date: 17 October 2019
The 2019 Aarhus Centres Annual Meeting concluded on 17 October 2019today in Vienna...
Press Statement by the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group
Publishing date: 17 October 2019
YEREVAN / BAKU, 17 October, 2019- The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Stéphane Visconti of France, and Andrew Schofer of the United States of America), together with the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office (PRCIO) Andrzej Kasprzyk, visited the region from 14 to 17 October.