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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Swiss Chairperson-in-Office receives positive responses to OSCE Roadmap, says implementation is well underway
Publishing date: 12 May 2014
BERN, 12 May 2014- The OSCE Roadmap, drafted in a sense of urgency last week as the situation in Ukraine had deteriorated further, and distributed simultaneously to the four parties of the Geneva Joint Statement of April 17, is an offer to help implementing de-escalation measures in a concrete, structured and effective manner, Burkhalter said...
Participants at Warsaw meeting highlight value of practical co-operation in realizing OSCE commitments in the Human Dimension
Publishing date: 12 May 2014
WARSAW, 12 May 2014 – Enhanced co-operation between the OSCE and regional and international actors is key to supporting the implementation of OSCE commitments in the Human Dimension, participants at the opening of an OSCE meeting in Warsaw said today...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office remembers 20 years of Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire
Publishing date: 12 May 2014
Bern, 12 May 2014- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter, welcomed the statement made today by the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs in commemoration of the ceasefire that entered into force on 12 May 1994. He expressed his gratitude to the Co-Chairs (Ambassadors Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Jacques Faure of France, and James Warlick of the United States of America) and to Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, his Personal Representative on the conflict dealt with by the OSCE Minsk Conference, for their tireless mediation efforts...
OSCE media representative notes need for improvement in proposed Moldovan audiovisual legislation
Publishing date: 12 May 2014
VIENNA, 12 May 2014 – OSCE Media Freedom Representative Dunja Mijatović today expressed concern about several proposed amendments to the Moldovan audiovisual legislation...
Statement by the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group on the Twentieth Anniversary of the Ceasefire Agreement
Publishing date: 11 May 2014
MOSCOW, PARIS, WASHINGTON, 12 May 2014 – On the twentieth anniversary of the 1994 ceasefire agreement, the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs invite the people of the region to reflect upon the legacy of the past two decades.
OSCE invites political parties to sign Gender Equality Pledge ahead of 2014 elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 9 May 2014
The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina welcomes today's release of the Gender Equality Pledge for Political Parties by the BiH Gender Equality Agency. The pledge will be open for all political parties in BiH to sign ahead of the 2014 general elections...
Media freedom situation in Ukraine continues to deteriorate drastically, says OSCE representative
Publishing date: 9 May 2014
ISTANBUL, 9 May 2014 – OSCE Media Freedom Representative Dunja Mijatović today denounced once again the deteriorating media freedom situation in Ukraine, including new cases of kidnapping, attacks on and intimidation of journalists and attacks on the broadcasting infrastructure...