News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office welcomes renewal of mandate and approval of budget of OSCE SMM – urges continued support for Mission on the ground
Publishing date: 20 March 2020
TIRANA, 20 March 2020 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Prime Minister and Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of Albania, Edi Rama, welcomed yesterday’s OSCE Permanent Council decision to renew the mandate of the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) for another year until 31 March 2021.
Press statement by Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on the conflict dealt with by the OSCE Minsk Conference Andrzej Kasprzyk
Publishing date: 18 March 2020
TBILISI, 18 March 2020- The Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on the conflict dealt with by the OSCE Minsk Conference, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, has issued the following statement:
OSCE’s preventative measures against COVID-19
Publishing date: 17 March 2020
The OSCE, together with other international organizations, continues to undertake preventative measures against the COVID-19 outbreak, in line with guidance from the authorities of host countries...
Press statement by the Co-Chairs of the Geneva International Discussions
Publishing date: 16 March 2020
TIRANA / BRUSSELS / GENEVA, 16 March 2020- After carefully reviewing circumstances related to the rapid spread of the COVID-19 virus, the Co-Chairs of the Geneva International Discussions (GID), UN Representative Cihan Sultanoglu, Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the South Caucasus Rudolf Michalka, and EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the Crisis in Georgia Toivo Klaar, have today decided to postpone the 51st GID round, which was due to take place on 31 March-1 April 2020.
Press Statement of Special Representative Grau after the regular Meeting of Trilateral Contact Group in Minsk on 11 March 2020
Publishing date: 12 March 2020
MINSK, 12 March 2020 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group, Ambassador Heidi Grau, made the following statement to the press after the meeting of the TCG and its working groups in Minsk on 11 March 2020:..
On International Women’s Day, OSCE officials call for strengthening intergenerational dialogue to advance gender equality
Publishing date: 6 March 2020
TIRANA/VIENNA/WARSAW, 6 March 2020- Ahead of the International Women’s Day OSCE leaders urged further action in promoting gender equality and called for intergenerational dialogue to ensure engagement of young people. This year Women’s Day is marked against the backdrop of the 20th anniversary of the UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security and the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action for the Advancement of Women, and these occasions provide an opportunity to take stock of progress made, they said.
Press Statement of Special Representative Grau after Regular Meeting of Trilateral Contact Group in Minsk on 26 February 2020
Publishing date: 27 February 2020
MINSK, 27 February 2020 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), Ambassador Heidi Grau, made the following statement to the press after the meeting of the TCG and its working groups in Minsk on 26 February 2020…