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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Media Freedom Representative Désir recommends further improvements to laws on online media in Albania, in latest review sent to authorities
Publishing date: 9 December 2019
VIENNA, 9 December 2019 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, sent a legal review to the Government of Albania on the latest amendments to the Law on Audiovisual Media in Albania and the Law on Electronic Communications...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Lajčák closes Bratislava Ministerial Council with plea for more political will, dialogue and diplomacy
Publishing date: 6 December 2019
BRATISLAVA, 6 December 2019 – The OSCE’s participating States need to show more political will and commitment to real dialogue and diplomacy to effectively address the multitude of, and increasingly transnational, security challenges facing the region, said OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Slovak Foreign and European Affairs Minister, Miroslav Lajčák as he closed the 26th OSCE Ministerial Council today in Bratislava. “There is a compelling case for co-operative security,” he said...
OSCE 2019 co-chairing of ICAT shows effectiveness of multilateralism in action
Publishing date: 6 December 2019
BRATISLAVA, 6 December 2019- A event on “Effective Multilateralism in Action: OSCE co-chairing of ICAT, a year in review” was held yesterday on the margins of the OSCE Ministerial Council. The panel discussion focused on key milestones of this year’s co-chairpersonship, by the OSCE, of the UN’s Inter-agency Coordination Group Against Trafficking in Persons (ICAT)., 6 December 2019- A event on “Effective Multilateralism in Action: OSCE co-chairing of ICAT, a year in review” was held yesterday on the margins of the OSCE Ministerial Council. The panel discussion focused on key milestones of this year’s co-chairpersonship, by the OSCE, of the UN’s Inter-agency Coordination Group Against Trafficking in Persons (ICAT)...
OSCE Chair Lajčák appoints Heidi Grau as Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group
Publishing date: 5 December 2019
BRATISLAVA, 5 December 2019- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Slovakia Miroslav Lajčák today announced the appointment of Ambassador Heidi Grau of Switzerland as the OSCE Chairperson’s Special Representative in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group. Ambassador Grau succeeds Ambassador Martin Sajdik, whom the OSCE Chair thanked for his dedication and important work, which included concrete achievements towards the full implementation of the Minsk agreements...
Effective multilateralism can support conflict resolution and prevention, build a safer future for people, OSCE Chair Lajčák tells Ministerial Council
Publishing date: 5 December 2019
BRATISLAVA, 5 December 2019 – States must do more to work together through effective multilateralism to support the resolution and prevention – and mitigate the humanitarian impact- of conflict, and build a safer future for all people, said OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Slovakia's Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Miroslav Lajčák in his opening address to the 26th OSCE Ministerial Council today in Bratislava...
Political leaders must unleash OSCE’s potential to benefit citizens, PA President Tsereteli says at Bratislava Ministerial Council
Publishing date: 5 December 2019
BRATISLAVA, 5 December 2019 – Citizens of the OSCE area need the Organization and its political leaders to implement OSCE commitments and to demonstrate resolve in joint efforts to overcome conflicts and other challenges, Parliamentary Assembly President George Tsereteli (MP, Georgia) said at the opening of the 26th Ministerial Council in Bratislava today...
OSCE Chair Lajčák kicks off 26th Ministerial Council with his ‘Bratislava Appeal’; calls for increased flexibility and willingness to compromise
Publishing date: 5 December 2019
BRATISLAVA, 5 December 2019 – Ahead of the official opening of the 26th Ministerial Council this morning, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Slovak Foreign and European Affairs Minister, Miroslav Lajčák, shared his ‘Bratislava Appeal’...