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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Troika Ministers discuss Panel of Eminent Persons’ final report
Publishing date: 7 December 2015
The conclusions of the final report of the Panel of Eminent Persons on European Security as a Common Project were discussed at a side event on the margins of the 22nd OSCE Ministerial Council in Belgrade on 3 December 2015. Speakers included all three OSCE Troika Foreign Ministers as well as representatives of OSCE Delegations in Vienna and the OSCE Network of Think Tanks and Academic Institutions...
Only through dialogue can solutions be found to crisis in and around Ukraine, says OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Dačić
Publishing date: 4 December 2015
BELGRADE, 4 December 2015 – Only through dialogue can enduring and sustainable solutions be found to the crisis in and around Ukraine, said OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić on Thursday as he joined his Special Representative to the Trilateral Contact Group and the OSCE’s Chief Monitor in addressing a side event on the margins of the 22nd Ministerial Council in Belgrade...
Robust diplomatic process needed to replace mutual recrimination with rebuilding trust in Europe, conclude Panel of Eminent Persons
Publishing date: 3 December 2015
BELGRADE, 3 December 2015- A diplomatic process that explores the common problems of European States carefully, confidentially and systematically is needed to overcome the current divisions and uncertainties over security, concludes the final report of the Panel of Eminent Persons on European Security as a Common Project, presented today on the margins of the 22nd OSCE Ministerial Council in Belgrade...
OSCE Ministerial Council in Belgrade: Rebuilding consensus on European security must be our central concern
Publishing date: 3 December 2015
BELGRADE, 3 December 2015 – The 22nd OSCE Ministerial Council began today in Belgrade with a call for greater efforts to rebuild consensus on European security and renewed dialogue based on full respect for OSCE principles and commitments...
OSCE Troika meets at Ministerial Council in Belgrade, calls for further measures to strengthen ceasefire in Ukraine
Publishing date: 3 December 2015
BELGRADE, 3 December 2015- During the Ministerial Meeting of the OSCE Troika on the margins of the 22nd Ministerial Council in Belgrade, the Foreign Ministers of the current, previous and incoming OSCE Chairmanships- Serbia, Switzerland and Germany, respectively – reaffirmed their full support to the political process within the Trilateral Contact Group and the work of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), emphasizing that the Minsk agreements should be fully implemented. This implies upholding the ceasefire and moving forward with the political process...
Far-reaching action needed in world ‘spiralling out of control,’ OSCE PA President tells foreign ministers
Publishing date: 3 December 2015
BELGRADE, 3 December 2015 – Far-reaching action by the international community is needed to deal with a world that “sometimes seems to be spiralling out of control,” OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) said today in an address to foreign ministers assembled in Belgrade at the 2015 OSCE Ministerial Council...
Joint Statement by the Heads of Delegation of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair Countries
Publishing date: 3 December 2015
BELGRADE, 3 December 2015- We, the Heads of Delegation of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries – Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov, Secretary of State of the United States John Kerry, State Secretary for European Affairs of France Harlem Desir – remain united in our commitment to mediating a peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict...