News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Progress on ‘package of eight’ will advance Transdniestrian settlement process and improve people’s lives, says OSCE Special Representative
Publishing date: 24 March 2017
CHISINAU, 24 March 2017 – The Special Representative of the Austrian OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the Transdniestrian Settlement Process, Wolf Dietrich Heim, today concluded a visit to the region where he met political representatives of the sides in Chisinau and Tiraspol...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and OSCE Secretary General condemn heinous attacks in London
Publishing date: 22 March 2017
VIENNA, 22 March 2017 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Austria’s Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz and OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier today condemned the abject attacks in London, offering their sincere condolences to the families and friends of those killed, and wishing those hurt and caught up in the incidents a rapid recovery...
Press Statement of the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Sajdik after the meeting of the Trilateral Contact Group on 15 March 2017
Publishing date: 17 March 2017
MINSK, 16 March 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 15 March 2017:...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Kurz and Secretary General Zannier welcome renewal of Ukraine monitoring mission’s mandate
Publishing date: 16 March 2017
VIENNA, 16 March 2017 – The OSCE Permanent Council’s decision today to renew the mandate of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) by one year will help ensure that the mission continues to play its key role in stabilizing the situation in eastern Ukraine and supporting the implementation of the Minsk agreements, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz as well as OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier said...
Mandate of OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine extended by one year to 31 March 2018
Publishing date: 16 March 2017
VIENNA, 16 March 2017 – The OSCE Permanent Council, in a consensus decision taken at its meeting in Vienna today, agreed to renew the mandate of the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine by one year until 31 March 2018...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Kurz calls for support for Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine
Publishing date: 15 March 2017
VIENNA, 15 March 2017 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz today again adamantly called on all parties to the crisis in and around Ukraine to comply with their commitments and to actively support the work of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), against the backdrop of the latest escalation of risks for its staff and assets.
Much still needs to be done to ensure women’s equal participation in all spheres of life, OSCE leaders say on International Women’s Day
Publishing date: 8 March 2017
VIENNA/WARSAW, 8 March 2017 – While significant progress has been made to advance women’s equal participation in all spheres of life, much still needs to be done to make that equality a reality, senior officials of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) said today on the occasion of International Women’s Day.