News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Press Statement of Special Representative Sajdik after meeting of Trilateral Contact Group in form of VTC on 23 December 2019
Publishing date: 23 December 2019
KYIV, 23 December 2019 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group, Ambassador Martin Sajdik, made the following statement to the press after a meeting of the TCG in form of a videoconference on 23 December 2019:...
Statement by Miroslav Lajčák, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Minister for Foreign and European Affairs of Slovakia
Publishing date: 20 December 2019
As the end of Slovakia’s year as OSCE Chair for 2019 is approaching and impressions are slowly beginning to settle, I would like to share some observations I made being at the helm of the organization in 2019...
Press Statement of Special Representative Sajdik after the regular Meeting of Trilateral Contact Group in Minsk on 18 December 2019
Publishing date: 19 December 2019
MINSK, 19 December 2019 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group, Ambassador Martin Sajdik, made the following statement to the press after the meeting of the TCG and its working groups in Minsk on 18 December 2019:...
Press communiqué of the Co-Chairs of the Geneva International Discussions
Publishing date: 11 December 2019
GENEVA, 11 December 2019- The Geneva International Discussions (GID) held its 50th round on 10-11 December 2019.
OSCE Chair welcomes Normandy Four Summit as important contribution towards the resolution of the conflict in eastern Ukraine
Publishing date: 10 December 2019
NEW YORK, United States, 10 December 2019- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Slovakia’s Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Miroslav Lajčák, today welcomed the results of the Normandy Four Summit in Paris...
OSCE and UN recommit to strengthening co-operation, seek effective solutions to cope with changes in regional and global security environments
Publishing date: 10 December 2019
NEW YORK, United States, 10 December 2019 – The OSCE and the UN Secretariat in New York today finalized an agreement to strengthen co-operation on addressing key challenges international peace and security, and on promoting respect for human rights, fundamental freedoms and the rule of law.
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Lajčák closes Bratislava Ministerial Council with plea for more political will, dialogue and diplomacy
Publishing date: 6 December 2019
BRATISLAVA, 6 December 2019 – The OSCE’s participating States need to show more political will and commitment to real dialogue and diplomacy to effectively address the multitude of, and increasingly transnational, security challenges facing the region, said OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Slovak Foreign and European Affairs Minister, Miroslav Lajčák as he closed the 26th OSCE Ministerial Council today in Bratislava. “There is a compelling case for co-operative security,” he said...