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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Dialogue, trust and security are watchwords for 2016 Germany’s OSCE Chairmanship, Foreign Minister Steinmeier tells OSCE Permanent Council
Publishing date: 2 July 2015
VIENNA, 2 July 2015 – Germany is ready to take on the responsibility of steering the OSCE against the background of one of the most serious crises since the end of the Cold War, with a vision for its 2016 Chairmanship based on dialogue, trust and security, the country’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier told the OSCE’s Permanent Council in Vienna today...
Foreign Minister of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Nikola Poposki addresses OSCE Permanent Council on political situation in country
Publishing date: 11 June 2015
VIENNA, 11 June 2015 – Nikola Poposki, Foreign Minister of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, reaffirmed his country’s commitments to European and Euro-Atlantic integration in his address to the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna today. He also emphasized that European Union integration was of vital importance for the country...
Council of Europe Chair Bosnia and Herzegovina to intensify co-operation with OSCE, says Foreign Minister Crnadak
Publishing date: 9 June 2015
VIENNA, 9 June 2015 – Bosnia and Herzegovina, which took up the Chairmanship of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers, will work to intensify co-operation between the Council of Europe and the OSCE, said the country’s foreign minister Igor Crnadak as he addressed the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna today...
Malta Minister Foreign Affairs George W. Vella calls upon OSCE Chairmanship to appoint Special Representative for the Mediterranean Region
Publishing date: 4 June 2015
Vienna, 4 June 2015 – Recalling Malta’s call, during the negotiations that led to the signing of the Helsinki Final Act in 1975, that “without peace in the Mediterranean, there can never be peace in Europe”, Malta Minister for Foreign Affairs George W. Vella stressed today in his address to the OSCE Permanent Council that recent developments in the Southern OSCE region confirm that the Mediterranean was, and remains a major concern to the security of Europe.
OSCE and Organization for Democracy and Economic Development (GUAM) share common interests, Secretary General Chechelashvili tells OSCE Permanent Council
Publishing date: 2 May 2015
VIENNA, 1 May 2015 – Today’s challenges require collective efforts and the OSCE is uniquely placed to restore trust through its inclusive approach to security, Secretary General of the Organization for Democracy and Economic Development–GUAM Valeri Chechelashvili told the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna today.
Freedoms of association and assembly cornerstones of democracy and security, say participants at OSCE meeting
Publishing date: 16 April 2015
VIENNA, 16 April 2015 – The freedoms of association and assembly are the cornerstone of a vibrant, pluralistic and participatory democracy, and restrictions to these can only be allowed in line with relevant international standards and commitments, participants said today at the opening of a two-day OSCE meeting in Vienna...
Council of Europe and OSCE need to further strengthen co-operation to effectively address current challenges, Belgium’s Foreign Minister tells OSCE Permanent Council
Publishing date: 12 March 2015
VIENNA, 12 March 2015- The Council of Europe and OSCE need to further capitalize on their strengths to effectively address the challenges facing their member countries, said Didier Reynders, Belgium’s Foreign Minister and current chair of the Council’s Committee of Ministers, in his address to the OSCE Permanent Council on 12 March 2015.