News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE ready for ‘Alliance of institutions’ in combating intolerance and violent extremism, says Secretary General Zannier in Barcelona
Publishing date: 27 July 2015
“It is our responsibility to protect what binds us together and to present a united front against forces that want to reverse these positive trends by exploiting what still divides us,” said OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier at the High Level Meeting on Intercultural and Interreligious Dialogue held on 22 and 23 July 2015 in Barcelona...
OSCE Chairperson Dačić and Secretary General Zannier condemn terrorist attack in Turkey
Publishing date: 20 July 2015
BELGRADE, 20 July 2015 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić, and OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier today condemned the terrorist attack in the Turkish border town of Suruc, offering condolences to the families of those killed and wishing a rapid recovery to the many injured.
OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier meets Chair of Albanian Democratic Party Lulzim Basha
Publishing date: 3 July 2015
VIENNA, 3 July 2015 – OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier today met the Chair of Albania’s Democratic Party Lulzim Basha in Vienna to discuss a number of issues related to the local elections on 21 June 2015...
Time to replace the culture of confrontation with co-operation and joint action, says OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Dačić
Publishing date: 17 June 2015
VIENNA, 17 June 2015- Replacing the current culture of confrontation with one of co-operation and joint action will make European security architecture more resilient, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić said today as he addressed a meeting of the Munich Security Conference (MSC) Core Group and members of the Panel of Eminent Persons on European Security...
OSCE Secretary General and ODIHR Director meet with President, other high-level officials on Belarus visit
Publishing date: 16 June 2015
MINSK, 16 June 2015 – Strengthening OSCE engagement with Belarus was the focus of a two-day visit to Minsk by OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier and Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) Michael Georg Link which concluded today...
OSCE Secretary General promotes inter-faith dialogue to prevent radicalization at Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 11 June 2015
ASTANA, 11 June 2015 – OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier visited Astana on 10-11 June to participate in the 5th Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions and to hold bilateral meetings with Kazakhstan’s Chairman of the Senate, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, and Foreign Minister Erlan Idrissov...
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...