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OSCE Chair appoints Personal Envoy on Ukraine and announces OSCE team to identify support measures

Publishing date: 24 February 2014
Collections: Swiss Chairmanship takes lead in OSCE Ukraine efforts
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
NEW YORK / UNITED NATIONS, 24 February 2014 – Swiss Foreign Minister and OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Didier Burkhalter has today appointed a Personal Envoy on Ukraine to coordinate all ongoing and planned OSCE activities on behalf of the Chairmanship...

Restraint, responsibility and dialogue needed in Ukraine, including Crimea, says OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities

Publishing date: 24 February 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues
THE HAGUE, 24 February 2014 – OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Astrid Thors today expressed her satisfaction that solutions to end the violence and loss of life in Ukraine are emerging. However, she cautioned that the situation remains very fragile. She called on all actors to refrain from taking actions that could lead to increased tensions...

OSCE in Montenegro presents new research on citizens’ attitudes to mediation

Publishing date: 24 February 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Montenegro
What we do: Rule of law
At an event in Podgorica held on 24 February 2014, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro presented results of research on the attitudes of citizens’ to the process of mediation as an alternative to resolving legal disputes...

OSCE-supported event explores Armenia’s hydropower potential

Publishing date: 24 February 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
The measures Armenia can take to better harness the potential of hydroelectricity were highlighted at an OSCE-supported seminar held on 20 February 2014 in Yerevan...

OSCE holds professional training course for national security officers in Kyrgyzstan

Publishing date: 24 February 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
An OSCE-supported professional training course for ten officers of the Bishkek and Osh Remand Prisons under the State Committee on National Security of Kyrgyzstan (SCNS) concluded on 22 February 2014 in Bishkek...

Swiss OSCE Chairmanship and OSCE Mission to Serbia support regional dialogue of civil society on torture prevention and fight against hate crime

Publishing date: 24 February 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
BELGRADE, 24 February 2014-- Strengthening the role of civil society organizations (CSOs) in the Western Balkans in preventing torture and in fighting hate speech, especially against Roma, is the focus of a two-day regional workshop starting in Belgrade today....

OSCE-facilitated mayoral elections in Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North carried out successfully

Publishing date: 23 February 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections
MITROVICË/MITROVICA, 23 February 2014 – OSCE Mission in Kosovo has successfully facilitated repeat elections for the mayor of Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North municipality held today...