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Joint Statement by the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs
Publishing date: 15 March 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Minsk Group, Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on the conflict dealt with by the OSCE Minsk Conference
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
GENEVA, 14 March 2007- The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, Vartan Oskanian, and Azerbaijan, Elmar Mammadyarov, met in Geneva on March 14 under the aegis of the three Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group...
Ministerial Troika agrees OSCE should play strong role in Kosovo in future
Publishing date: 22 January 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
BRUSSELS, 22 January 2007- The OSCE Ministerial Troika met today and agreed the Organization remained committed to maintaining a mission in Kosovo after a future status agreement. "The OSCE has played a vital part in Kosovo over the years and..."
Statement by the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs on the 10 December referendum in Nagorno-Karabakh
Publishing date: 11 December 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Minsk Group
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
MOSCOW/PARIS/WASHINGTON, 11 December 2006- The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Ambassadors Bernard Fassier of France, Yury Merzlyakov of Russia, and Matthew Bryza of the United States, have issued the following statement today...
OSCE Chairman concerned over constitutional referendum in Nagorno-Karabakh
Publishing date: 11 December 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
BRUSSELS, 11 December 2006- OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, said the OSCE will not recognize the referendum on a draft constitution held on Sunday. "Such a referendum is counter-productive...
OSCE's Belgian Chairmanship says helped start new chapter for Organization
Publishing date: 5 December 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Summits / Ministerial Councils
What we do: Arms control, Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Economic activities, Border management, Environmental activities, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Education, Elections, Countering terrorism, Gender equality, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector, Roma and Sinti, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
BRUSSELS, 5 December 2006- OSCE Chairman Karel De Gucht said today Belgium had helped redress the balance between the three aspects of security and championed reforms that could end an introspective episode and start a new chapter for the Organization...
Joint statement by OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs
Publishing date: 30 November 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Minsk Group
VIENNA, 30 November 2006- The Russian and the French Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group for the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement, acting also on behalf of the U.S. Co-Chair, visited Yerevan and Baku...
More co-operation needed to avoid fires in Nagorno-Karabakh region, OSCE-led expert mission finds
Publishing date: 13 October 2006
YEREVAN, 13 October 2006- An OSCE-led team of international and local experts today called for more co-operation to prevent and manage fires in and around Nagorno-Karabakh following the end of a 10-day mission to assess the environmental...