News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Statement by the Co-Chairs of the Geneva International Discussions
Publishing date: 17 March 2015
GENEVA, Switzerland, 17 March 2015- Today in Geneva, the Co-Chairs of the Geneva International Discussions (GID) held their regular bilateral consultations with all participants...
OSCE Chairperson welcomes extension of Ukraine Mission mandate, calls for unfettered access
Publishing date: 12 March 2015
BELGRADE, 12 March 2015 – Today’s decision by the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna to extend the mandate of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) and allocate necessary resources confirms the support and commitment of all 57 participating States to implementing the Minsk agreements and to the Mission, said OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić...
Ceasefire and co-operation are conducive to reaching concrete results in Ukraine, OSCE Chair says
Publishing date: 10 March 2015
BELGRADE, 10 March 2015 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić today welcomed the beginning of efforts to remove and destroy unexploded ordinance in southeast Ukraine as a good example of co-operation by all sides yielding tangible results and producing visible improvements in the lives of the local population...
Women’s voices invaluable to preventing and resolving conflict, says OSCE Chairperson Dačić on International Women’s Day
Publishing date: 8 March 2015
BELGRADE, 8 March 2015 – Women, who make up half of the population, should be actively involved in any changes and solutions that shape and affect their society, including conflict prevention and resolution, said OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić, today on the ocassion of International Women’s Day...
Consultations by OSCE Special Representative Angelo Gnaedinger in Tbilisi, Sukhumi, Tskhinvali and Moscow
Publishing date: 6 March 2015
VIENNA, 6 March 2015 – In view of the next round of the Geneva International Discussions which is scheduled for 17-18 March, the co-chairs held consultations with participants in Tbilisi, Sukhumi, Tskhinvali and Moscow. Ambassador Angelo Gnaedinger, the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the South Caucasus, visited Tskhinvali, Sukhumi and Tbilisi from 16-20 February and Moscow on 5 March together with his fellow co-chairs, EU Special Representative Herbert Salber and UN Representative Antti Turunen...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office expresses condolences after mining accident in eastern Ukraine
Publishing date: 5 March 2015
The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić today expressed his deepest sympathy over the loss of life in a mining accident at the Zasyadko coal mine in eastern Ukraine
OSCE Chairperson Dačić and Secretary General Zannier condemn murder of Boris Nemtsov and call for rapid and thorough investigation
Publishing date: 2 March 2015
BELGRADE/VIENNA, 2 March 2015 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić and OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier today condemned the murder of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov on Friday 27 February, and called for a thorough investigation into his death.