News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
68th IPRM meeting takes place in Ergneti
Publishing date: 19 July 2016
The 68th meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) took place in Ergneti on 19th July 2016, co-facilitated by Kęstutis Jankauskas, the Head of the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM), and Ambassador Guenther Baechler, the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the South Caucasus.
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Secretary General express deep concern and call for respect of democratic institutions in Turkey
Publishing date: 16 July 2016
Berlin/Vienna, 16 July 2016 –Chairperson-in-Office and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, and OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier both expressed deep concern after the attempted military coup in Turkey.
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Steinmeier and Secretary General Zannier condemn terror attack in Nice
Publishing date: 15 July 2016
BERLIN / VIENNA, 15 July 2016 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier today condemned the deadly terror attack in Nice, France...
Bavaria conference reinforces German OSCE Chairmanship’s emphasis on an outcomes-based Transdniestrian settlement process
Publishing date: 14 July 2016
BAD REICHENHALL, Germany, 14 July 2016 – A two-day conference on confidence-building measures in the Transdniestrian settlement process was held in the town of Bad Reichenhall in Germany on 12 and 13 July 2016. As in past years, the conference, which traditionally takes place in the German state of Bavaria, brought together political representatives of the sides and international 5+2 partners in an informal setting to address the challenges at hand and advance confidence-building measures that would strengthen the process...
President of Germany’s Supreme Audit Institution addresses Permanent Council at the end of his term as OSCE External Auditor
Publishing date: 7 July 2016
VIENNA, 7 July 2016 – Addressing the Permanent Council of the OSCE today in Vienna, the President of the German Supreme Audit Institution (Bundesrechnungshof) Kay Scheller, concluded his three-year term as the OSCE External Auditor, during which the OSCE received unqualified ("clean") audit opinions...
UN Assistant Secretary-General addresses OSCE Permanent Council on deteriorating human rights situation as result of conflict in and around Ukraine
Publishing date: 7 July 2016
VIENNA, 7 July 2016 – Against the backdrop of the continuing conflict in and around Ukraine, the United Nations’ Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan Šimonović addressed the Permanent Council in Vienna today on the co-operation and assistance of the Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR) to Ukraine in this field...
Role of the OSCE as mediator in focus at OSCE Chairmanship conference in Berlin
Publishing date: 6 July 2016
BERLIN, 6 July 2016- The German OSCE Chairmanship, in co-operation with the Network ‘Initiative Mediation Support Germany’ (IMSD), holds a conference today in Berlin which puts the role of the OSCE as a mediator at the center of its attention, focusing on the Organization’s capabilities, instruments and potentials in this area...