News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE to serve as a platform for real and honest dialogue on today’s security challenges, says Steinmeier, as Germany formally assumes 2016 OSCE Chairmanship
Publishing date: 14 January 2016
VIENNA, 14 January 2016 – Germany, as this year’s Chair of the OSCE, aims to steer the Organization as a platform for real and honest dialogue, said Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier in his first address as OSCE Chairperson-in-Office to the Permanent Council in Vienna today...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Steinmeier strongly condemns terrorist attack in Istanbul
Publishing date: 13 January 2016
BERLIN, 13 January 2016- The OSCE Chairperson in Office, Federal Foreign Minister Frank Walter Steinmeier, today condemned yesterday’s terrorist attack in Istanbul in the strongest possible terms, and offered his deepest sympathy and condolences to the families and friends of the victims. “This is a difficult time for all of us – a time of grief, rage and shock,” he said...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Steinmeier denounces the latest nuclear test in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and calls for international reaction
Publishing date: 6 January 2016
BERLIN, 6 January 2016- OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, condemned today the latest nuclear test in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and called on the international community to react resolutely...
Strengthening dialogue, trust and security in the OSCE region at the heart of German Chairmanship in 2016
Publishing date: 1 January 2016
BERLIN, 1 January 2016- As it takes over the rotating OSCE Chairmanship in 2016, Germany’s top priorities will be rebuilding trust among participating States and maintaining efforts for achieving a political solution to the conflict in and around Ukraine, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs Frank-Walter Steinmeier said today.
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Steinmeier expresses hope that holiday ceasefire in eastern Ukraine will be followed by additional progress
Publishing date: 1 January 2016
BERLIN, 1 January 2016- Speaking on New Year’s Day, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and German Federal Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier expressed satisfaction with the recent lull in violence in eastern Ukraine.
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Dačić calls for peace throughout holiday season in eastern Ukraine
Publishing date: 25 December 2015
BELGRADE, 25 December 2015 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić today called on all sides in eastern Ukraine to keep ensuring lasting peace throughout holiday season...
Press Statement by the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group
Publishing date: 19 December 2015
BERN, Switzerland, 19 December 2015 – The President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsian and the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev held a summit today in Bern under the auspices of the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Ambassadors Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, James Warlick of the United States of America, and Pierre Andrieu of France). The Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk also participated in the summit.