News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Slovenia’s University of Ljubljana wins Peer-2-Peer OSCE ‘Challenging extremism’ competition in Hamburg
Publishing date: 8 December 2016
HAMBURG, Germany, 8 December 2016- A team of students from the University of Ljubljana today won first prize in a regional OSCE competition under the “Peer-2-Peer (P2P): Challenging Extremism” initiative...
Youth are essential to strengthening security, conclude participants at side event during OSCE Ministerial Council in Hamburg
Publishing date: 8 December 2016
HAMBURG, Germany, 8 December 2016- Youth participation and youth mainstreaming in security were in focus at a side event co-organized today on the margins of the 23rd OSCE Ministerial Council in Hamburg by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Co-operation of Spain and the OSCE Chairmanship’s three Special Representatives on Youth and Security. Taking part were many youth activists from civil society and OSCE youth focal points...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30, 7 December 2016
Publishing date: 8 December 2016
The SMM recorded a similar number of explosions in Donetsk region compared with the previous reporting period, but fewer ceasefire violations over all...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office addresses Ministerial Council event on crisis in and around Ukraine, praises work of SMM and Trilateral Contact Group
Publishing date: 8 December 2016
HAMBURG, Germany, 8 December 2016 – On the first day of the 23rd OSCE Ministerial Council, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier addressed delegations at a side event on the crisis in and around Ukraine. The minister was briefed by his Special Representative in Ukraine and to the Trilateral Contact Group, Martin Sajdik, and the Chief Monitor of the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), Ertuğrul Apakan, on the state of play...
Joint Statement by the Heads of Delegation of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair Countries
Publishing date: 8 December 2016
HAMBURG, Germany, 8 December 2016- We, the Heads of Delegation of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries – Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov, Secretary of State of the United States John Kerry, and Foreign Minister of France Jean-Marc Ayrault- remain fully committed to a negotiated settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict...
OSCE/ODIHR final report on parliamentary elections in Belarus recommends review of legislation, ensuring an equal playing field and respect for fundamental freedoms
Publishing date: 8 December 2016
The final report by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on Belarus’s 11 September 2016 parliamentary elections recommends a comprehensive review of the legislation in line with international obligations and standards for conducting democratic elections, and ensuring
We need a strong OSCE for a secure Europe says OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Steinmeier at opening of Hamburg Ministerial Council
Publishing date: 8 December 2016
HAMBURG, Germany, 8 December 2016 – Frank-Walter Steinmeier, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and German Foreign Minister, today opened the 23rd OSCE Ministerial Council in Hamburg, emphasizing that in stormy times a strong OSCE is more important than ever to provide an effective framework and engine for dialogue and co-operation. All 57 participating States, the vast majority of them represented by their Foreign Minister, have gathered in Hamburg for this two-day meeting which is the culmination of Germany’s 2016 OSCE Chairmanship...