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In Moscow, Kanerva and Oliver discuss building trust in OSCE area

Publishing date: 20 November 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
COPENHAGEN, 20 November 2013 – OSCE PA Vice-President Ilkka Kanerva and Secretary General Spencer Oliver paid a working visit to Moscow last week, accompanied by Senior Counselor Semyon Dzakhaev and Programme Officer Maria Chepurina.

OSCE PA President meets with U.S. Helsinki Commission on organizational reform, work in Balkans

Publishing date: 20 November 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
COPENHAGEN, 20 November 2013 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ranko Krivokapic today met with members of the U.S. Helsinki Commission in the U.S. Congress to discuss organizational reform and the OSCE's contribution to post-conflict development in the Balkans.

OSCE Mission helps destroy confiscated weapons in Moldova

Publishing date: 20 November 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Arms control
CHISINAU, 20 November 2013- Some 3,000 confiscated weapons were destroyed in Chisinau today, with technical and financial support provided by the OSCE to the Interior Ministry of the Republic of Moldova.

OSCE and EU support use of social media to promote civic activism and political debate in Armenia

Publishing date: 20 November 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Media freedom and development
The role of new media and social networks in the social and political life in Armenia was the topic of a conference which was held today in Yerevan.

Statement by OSCE Chairperson-in-Office following summit between Azerbaijan and Armenia

Publishing date: 19 November 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
KYIV, 19 November 2013 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara welcomed the meeting between the President of Armenia Serzh Sargsian and the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, that took place today in Vienna...

Administrative court judges trained on election legislation with OSCE support as Ukraine prepares for repeat vote in December

Publishing date: 19 November 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Rule of law
In preparation for a repeat election in Ukraine, fifty administrative court judges were trained in reviewing election-related disputes at a session organized by the Higher Administrative Court of Ukraine and the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU) from 18 to 19 November 2013 in Kyiv.

Press Release by the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group

Publishing date: 19 November 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Minsk Group
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 19 November 2013- The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (the Russian Federation, France, and the United States of America) welcomed President Ilham Aliyev of the Republic of Azerbaijan and President Serzh Sargsian of the Republic of Armenia to Vienna to advance discussions on the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, accompanied by their Foreign Ministers. They were joined by the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson in Office. This was the Presidents’ first meeting since their January 2012 summit in Sochi.