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Press statement of Special Representative of OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Sajdik after the meeting of the Trilateral Contact Group on 20 December 2017

Publishing date: 20 December 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
MINSK, 20 December 2017 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), Ambassador Martin Sajdik, made the following statement to the press after the meeting of the TCG and its Working Groups in Minsk on 20 December 2017:

The 83rd IPRM meeting takes place in Ergneti

Publishing date: 19 December 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
ERGNETI, 19 December 2017- On 19 December 2017, the 83rd meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) was held in Ergneti. The meeting took place in an open and constructive atmosphere.

European Union committed to strengthening co-operation with OSCE, EU Commissioner for Enlargement Hahn tells Permanent Council

Publishing date: 18 December 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council
VIENNA, 18 December 2017- The European Union and the OSCE are close partners not simply because they face the same challenges, but because of their shared interest in ensuring stability and prosperity in Europe, the EU’s Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn told a special session of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna today.

Press Communiqué of the Co-Chairs of the Geneva International Discussions

Publishing date: 13 December 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
GENEVA, Switzerland, 13 December 2017- The 42nd round of the Geneva International Discussions has just concluded...

Decisions on cyber security, small arms and conventional ammunition, combating human trafficking, economic participation at OSCE Ministerial Council

Publishing date: 8 December 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 8 December 2017- The OSCE’s 57 participating States made a number of decisions at the close of the 24th Ministerial Council in Vienna today...

Austrian OSCE Chairmanship appeals for protection of civilians in eastern Ukraine

Publishing date: 8 December 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 8 December 2017 – The OSCE Austrian Chairmanship appealed for greater attention to the plight of civilians in Eastern Ukraine at a side event held on the margins of the 24th OSCE Ministerial Council in Vienna today.

OSCE participating States discussed current and future European security challenges

Publishing date: 7 December 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Arms control
VIENNA, 7 December 2017 – OSCE Foreign Ministers and other high-level representatives discussed ways to enhance strategic stability in times of increasing political and military unpredictability at a focused discussion on the margins of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Vienna. The exchange built on discussions in the framework of the Structured Dialogue on the current and future security challenges in the OSCE area, a multilateral process launched by the Austrian OSCE Chair earlier this year.