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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
National human rights institutions should support each other across borders, particularly in crisis situations, say participants at OSCE Seminar
Publishing date: 1 June 2015
WARSAW, 1 June 2015 – More than 100 representatives of governments, international organizations and civil society met to discuss the role of national human rights institutions in promoting and protecting individual human rights at the three-day OSCE Human Dimension Seminar, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in co-operation with the 2015 Serbian Chairmanship of the OSCE.
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office stresses the importance of dialogue during his visit to Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 1 June 2015
BAKU, 1 June 2015 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić started his official trip to the South Caucasus today with a visit to Baku.
2015 OSCE Asian Conference on The Changing Global Security Environment and Visions of Multilateral Security Co-operation in Asia opens in Seoul
Publishing date: 1 June 2015
SEOUL, 1 June 2015 –Foreign Minister of the Republic of Korea Yun Byung-se, Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand Tanasak Patimapragorn, Ambassador Vuk Žugić from the Serbian OSCE Chairmanship and OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier opened the 2015 OSCE Asian Conference by emphasizing the need for increased co-operation between the OSCE and its Asian Partners for Co-operation in tackling today’s non-traditional and transnational threats...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Dačić to visit Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 30 May 2015
VIENNA, 30 May 2015 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić will visit Azerbaijan on 1 June 2015. He will meet President Ilham Aliyev, Speaker of Parliament Ogtay Asadov and Minister of Foreign Affairs Elmar Mammadyarov, as well as members of leading political parties, and visit the OSCE Project Co-ordinator’s Office in Baku...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Dačić to visit Georgia
Publishing date: 30 May 2015
VIENNA, 30 May 2015 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić will visit Georgia on 2 June 2015. He will meet President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili, Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, Speaker of Parliament Davit Usupashvili and Minister of Foreign Affairs Tamar Beruchashvili, as well as members of leading political parties...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Dačić to visit Armenia
Publishing date: 30 May 2015
VIENNA, 30 May 2015 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić will visit Armenia on 3 June 2015. He will meet President Serzh Sargsyan, Speaker of Parliament Galust Sahakyan and Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian, as well as members of leading political parties, and visit the OSCE Office in Yerevan...
OSCE Annual Police Experts Meeting focuses on links between smuggling of migrants, human trafficking and organized crime
Publishing date: 28 May 2015
BELGRADE, 28 May 2015- Criminal justice experts and representatives from international organizations gathered in Belgrade today for the two-day OSCE Annual Police Experts Meeting, to discuss new trends related to links between organized crime, irregular migration and trafficking in human beings.