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OSCE Secretary General Concludes Official Visit to Rome
Publishing date: 14 July 2025
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Secretariat
OSCE Secretary General Feridun H. Sinirlioğlu has concluded his first official visit to Rome, where he participated in the Ukraine Recovery Conference and held a series of high-level bilateral meetings. These included discussions with Antonio Tajani, Vice President of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy, as well as Archbishop Paul Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States of the Holy See.
Protection of children in armed conflicts in focus at Joint FSC-PC Security Dialogue
Publishing date: 11 July 2025
Content type: News
Protection of children in armed conflicts was the focus of the 95th joint OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC) and OSCE Permanent Council (PC) meeting organized under the Estonian FSC Chairpersonship and the 2025 OSCE Chairpersonship of Finland on 9 July.
OSCE study visit on Small Arms and Light Weapons strengthens co-operation between Sweden and Ukraine
Publishing date: 7 July 2025
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
From 24 to 26 June 2025, the OSCE’s Conflict Prevention Centre facilitated a study visit to the Swedish National Police Force in Stockholm for Ukrainian specialists working on small arms and light weapons (SALW) control.
OSCE Secretary General concludes visit to Paris
Publishing date: 3 July 2025
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Secretariat
PARIS, 3 July 2025 — OSCE Secretary General Feridun H. Sinirlioğlu concluded his official visit to Paris where he met with Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Jean-Noël Barrot, and other high-level officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and at the Elysée Palace.
OSCE Ambassadors reaffirm unwavering support to Ukraine during visit to Kyiv
Publishing date: 3 July 2025
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairpersonship
KYIV, 3 JULY 2025 – A delegation of Ambassadors from OSCE participating States concluded a visit to Kyiv yesterday, reaffirming their steadfast support for Ukraine amid Russia’s ongoing war of aggression. Co-hosted by the Finnish OSCE Chairpersonship and the Special Representative of the Chairperson-in-Office-OSCE Project Coordinator in Ukraine, Ambassador Petr Mareš, this was the first visit of its kind since 2018.
Frontline officers deepen expertise in combating illicit trafficking in cultural property at OSCE workshop
Publishing date: 30 June 2025
Content type: News
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management
Frontline officers from Georgia, Germany and Ukraine deepened their expertise in combating cross-border trafficking in cultural property at the ninth in a series of training workshops organized in Vienna by the OSCE Transnational Threats Department in co-operation with the Austrian Ministry of Finance — Customs Service from 23 to 26 June.
OSCE convenes high-level Annual Security Review Conference to address the current security situation in the OSCE area
Publishing date: 25 June 2025
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairpersonship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Vienna, 25 June 2025 – The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is holding a two-day Annual Security Review Conference (ASRC) in Vienna on 25 and 26 June 2025.