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OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Sebastian Kurz welcomes adoption of Ministerial Council decisions on appointments of OSCE senior officials

Publishing date: 18 July 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council
VIENNA, 18 July 2017 – Following the expiration of a five-day silence procedure and in accordance with the proposal submitted by the Permanent Council, the OSCE Ministerial Council adopted today by consensus the decisions to appoint the following senior-level officials:

Permanent Council proposes appointments for OSCE senior officials to Ministers

Publishing date: 12 July 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 12 July 2017 – The OSCE Permanent Council, in a special meeting today in Vienna, formally submitted the names of officials to fill four senior-level positions in the Organization to the foreign ministers of the 57 participating States for their confirmation...

Dialogue crucial for addressing Europe’s security challenges, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Sebastian Kurz emphasizes at Informal Ministerial Meeting

Publishing date: 11 July 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
MAUERBACH, Austria, 11 July 2017 – Dialogue, co-operation and compromise are crucial to addressing the security challenges facing Europe, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz said today at an informal meeting of the foreign ministers of the OSCE’s participating States in Mauerbach, on the outskirts of Vienna...

79th IPRM meeting takes place in Ergneti

Publishing date: 11 July 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Ergneti, 11 July 2017- The 79th meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) was held in Ergneti. The meeting took place in a productive and forthcoming atmosphere.

Annual OSCE-wide Anti-Drug Conference in Vienna explores nexus between illicit drugs, organized crime and terrorism

Publishing date: 10 July 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
VIENNA, 10 July 2017 – Some 150 representatives of OSCE participating States and OSCE Partners for Co-operation, including government authorities and experts from drug-related agencies, as well as international, regional and civil society organizations and the private sector, met today in Vienna for the start of a two-day conference to discuss the links between illicit drugs, organized crime and terrorism...

Effectiveness and sustainability of national security sector reform and governance processes focus of OSCE-supported regional workshop in Chisinau

Publishing date: 7 July 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Arms control
CHISINAU, 7 July 2017 – Some 30 security sector professionals from Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine gathered for a three-day regional workshop on security sector governance and reform which concluded today in Chisinau...

Press Statement of Special Representative of OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Sajdik after meeting of Trilateral Contact Group on 5 July 2017

Publishing date: 6 July 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
MINSK, 6 July 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 5 July 2017...