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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairperson Dačić condemns deadly attack on peace rally in Turkey
Publishing date: 10 October 2015
BELGRADE, 10 October 2015- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić, today strongly condemned the explosions targeting a peace rally in the Turkish capital, Ankara, that killed at least 80 and injured more than 180 people. He deeply regretted the loss of lives and offered his condolences to the victims, their families and the Turkish government and people...
Security challenges require more effective implementation of OSCE Code of Conduct, say participants of Belgrade workshop
Publishing date: 9 October 2015
BELGRADE, 9 October 2015 – Modern security challenges highlight the need for the more effective implementation of the OSCE Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security and therefore raising awareness among military personnel and staff officers, diplomats and civil society representatives about this document is vital, said participants of a four-day joint Serbian-Swiss workshop that concluded today in Belgrade...
Press Communiqué of the Co-Chairs of the Geneva International Discussions
Publishing date: 7 October 2015
GENEVA, Switzerland, 7 October 2015- The participants have just concluded the thirty-third round of the Geneva International Discussions. The deliberations were constructive and substantive. The Co-Chairs were encouraged to see frank and open exchanges taking place despite persistent diverging views...
Gender equality in the military enhances security for all, say participants of joint OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation-Permanent Council meeting
Publishing date: 7 October 2015
VIENNA, 7 October 2015 – Implementing gender equality in the military is a work in progress but further efforts are still needed to improve the participation of women in the decision-making in the armed forces, said experts who took part in the joint session of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC) and the Permanent Council today in Vienna...
The Helsinki principles have not lost their validity, says Chairperson Dačić while addressing Panel of Eminent Persons in Belgrade
Publishing date: 2 October 2015
BELGRADE, 2 October 2015 – The crisis in and around Ukraine has underscored the enduring relevance and the need to reaffirm, strengthen and safeguard the Helsinki principles, said OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić today in Belgrade as he addressed the Panel of Eminent Persons on European Security as a Common Project...
New security challenges amplify need for OSCE to adapt its peace operations, says OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Dačić at Ministerial event in New York
Publishing date: 2 October 2015
NEW YORK, 2 October 2015 – The emergence of increasingly complex, transnational and interconnected threats to security means the OSCE must look for ways to adapt its peace operations and its whole conflict-cycle toolbox, said OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić on Thursday at the start of a Ministerial event on the margins of the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Dačić calls for resumption of international humanitarian operations in eastern Ukraine
Publishing date: 1 October 2015
NEW YORK, 1 October 2015 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić today expressed deep concern at the continued suspension of almost all humanitarian programs in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions that can potentially lead to further aggravation of already alarming humanitarian situation in eastern Ukraine. He called on all sides to adopt measures that would allow immediate resumption of activities by humanitarian organizations, and provide for the improvement of freedom of movement in eastern Ukraine...