News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Ministers agree Chairmanship bids, greater engagement in Afghanistan
Publishing date: 30 November 2007
MADRID, 30 November 2007- Increased OSCE support to Afghanistan and the OSCE Chairmanships for the 2009-2011 period were agreed at the 15th Ministerial Council, which ended today in Madrid...
OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs issue statement on Nagorno-Karabakh
Publishing date: 29 November 2007
MADRID, 29 November 2007- "Prior to the opening of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Madrid, U.S. Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, and French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner met with...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office meets Minsk Group Co-Chairs
Publishing date: 14 November 2007
MADRID, 14 November 2007- The Spanish OSCE Chairmanship issued the following statement today: "The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, met the Co-Chairs of the Minsk Group...
OSCE Chairman meets Secretary of State Rice and Helsinki Commission, says U.S. role vital
Publishing date: 29 October 2007
WASHINGTON, 29 October 2007- The U.S. contribution to the OSCE is as vital to the Organization as ever, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, said today after talks with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice...
UN and OSCE are partners in work to strengthen co-operative security, OSCE Chairman tells UN Security Council
Publishing date: 28 September 2007
NEW YORK, 28 September 2007- The OSCE is well-placed to contribute to the co-ordinated responses needed to tackle today's security challenges, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, told the UN Security Council...
Elections in Nagorno-Karabakh should not have any impact on the peaceful settlement of the conflict, OSCE Chairman-in-Office says
Publishing date: 20 July 2007
MADRID, 20 July 2007- Efforts to resolve the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh should not be hindered by the recent so-called "presidential elections" in the area, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said today...
OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairmen issue statement
Publishing date: 13 July 2007
VIENNA, 13 July 2007- The three Minsk Group Co-Chairmen- Ambassador Yury Merzlyakov of Russia, Ambassador Bernard Fassier of France and Ambassador Matthew Bryza of the United States- issued the following statement today:...