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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairperson, OSCE Secretary General and ODIHR Director welcome UN Security Council Resolution on Youth, Peace and Security
Publishing date: 12 December 2015
BELGRADE / VIENNA / WARSAW, 12 December 2015 — OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić, OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier and Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) Michael Georg Link today welcomed the adoption by the UN Security Council earlier this week of a Resolution on Youth, Peace and Security...
Knowledge about disasters helps us reduce risks and improve security, say OSCE Permanent Council Chair Žugić and Secretary General Zannier
Publishing date: 13 October 2015
VIENNA, 13 October 2015 –The experience and knowledge of local communities are crucial to effectively reduce the risks of disasters, Chairperson of the OSCE Permanent Council Ambassador Vuk Žugić and OSCE Secretary General Ambassador Lamberto Zannier said today, on the occasion of the International Day for Disaster Reduction...
Preventive diplomacy and negotiation in neutral states in focus of OSCE seminars in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 23 September 2015
ASHGABAT, 23 September 2015- Thirty young diplomats from the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan completed today an OSCE-organized a seminar on preventive diplomacy and negotiation in a neutral state held on 21-23 September...
Join Communiqué of the high-level Forum on durable solutions for displaced persons from Kosovo
Publishing date: 22 September 2015
On the occasion of the OSCE-organized and UNHCR-supported High-level Forum on Durable Solutions for Displaced Persons from Kosovo, the participating institutions, led by Minister Dalibor Jevtić (Pristina), Director Marko Đurić (Belgrade), Minister Zorica Kovačević (Podgorica) and State Secretary Enver Husejin (Skopje), confirmed strong support for continuing inter-institutional co-operation and endorsed proposals for the scope and focus of future joint work to address the needs of those displaced.
Time to replace the culture of confrontation with co-operation and joint action, says OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Dačić
Publishing date: 17 June 2015
VIENNA, 17 June 2015- Replacing the current culture of confrontation with one of co-operation and joint action will make European security architecture more resilient, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić said today as he addressed a meeting of the Munich Security Conference (MSC) Core Group and members of the Panel of Eminent Persons on European Security...
Impunity for crimes committed against members of the media must stop, journalists’ unions from Russia and Ukraine say at OSCE meeting
Publishing date: 25 February 2015
Collections: Two Countries – One Profession: A dialogue between journalists’ organizations from Russia and Ukraine
VIENNA, 25 February 2015 – Representatives of Ukrainian and Russian journalists’ unions today called for an end to impunity for killings and attacks on journalists, following a meeting in Vienna under the auspices of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media. The unions’ representatives also urged all members of the media not to take part in the ongoing information war in the conflict in and around Ukraine...
OSCE Chairperson Dačić commends Government’s reform agenda as he visits Mission to Montenegro
Publishing date: 17 February 2015
Collections: 2015 OSCE Chairperson-in-Office visits the Western Balkans, Posete zapadnom Balkanu predsedavajućeg OEBS-u u 2015. godini
PODGORICA, 17 February 2015 – OSCE Chairperson in Office and Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić today conveyed his full support for the Government’s reforms and commended progress achieved towards the country’s strategic objective of Euro-Atlantic integration, urging it to make the most of OSCE support in key areas such as rule of law, justice and combating corruption and organized crime...