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Clearance of affected lands from explosive hazard: Ukrainian officials, regional authorities and humanitarian demining operators discussed strategic approaches to efficient mine action
Publishing date: 14 December 2023
Content type: News
Within primary financial support from the European Union, the OSCE Secretariat Extra-Budgetary Support Programme for Ukraine (SPU) organised a roundtable “Priority Setting in Mine Action and Draft National Strategy” in Kyiv on 14 December 2023.
5+2 special consultations; mediators' communique
Publishing date: 21 April 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Main Website
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
On 21 April 2015, per prior agreement, special consultations of the participants of the Permanent Conference on Political Issues in the Framework of the Negotiation Process for the Transdniestrian Settlement in the “5+2” format took place in Vienna...
Statement by the Chairmanship on the Trilateral Contact Group
Publishing date: 15 January 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Main Website
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA/KYIV, 15 January 2015- As a follow-up to the meeting of the four Ministers of Foreign Affairs in the “Normandy format” of 12 January 2015 in Berlin, the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), consisting of senior representatives of Ukraine, the Russian Federation and the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, met today in Kyiv in preparation for the planned consultations of the TCG with representatives of certain areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions in Minsk...
Press Statement by the Trilateral Contact Group
Publishing date: 9 January 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Main Website
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
BELGRADE, 9 January 2015- Following consultations of senior representatives of four Ministries of Foreign Affairs within the so-called Normandy format of 5 January 2015 in Berlin, and anticipating the possibility of discussions on the conflict in eastern Ukraine at a planned summit meeting in Astana on 15-16 January 2015, the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), consisting of senior representatives of Ukraine, the Russian Federation and the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, met on 8 and 9 January, and held another round of consultations with representatives of the certain areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions in the form of a video-conference on 9 January 2015.
The OSCE and Security in a New World
Publishing date: 10 October 2014
The situation in Ukraine and the role played by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), which is leading the international response to the crisis, was discussed at a recent roundtable at the Graduate Institute in Geneva. The debate centred on the question of what the crisis tells us about today’s security issues.
Press Statement by the Trilateral Contact Group
Publishing date: 4 October 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Main Website
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
KYIV, 4 October 2014- The Trilateral Contact Group of senior representatives of Ukraine, the Russian Federation and the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office held a meeting in Kyiv on 2 October 2014, to discuss further steps towards the implementation of the Peace Plan of the President of Ukraine.
Press Statement by the Trilateral Contact Group
Publishing date: 26 September 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Main Website
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
KYIV, 26 September 2014- The Trilateral Contact Group of senior representatives of Ukraine, the Russian Federation and of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office held a video conference on 25 September with representatives of self-proclaimed entities in Donetsk.