News and press releases

Effective co-operation between regional players and international organizations and the adequate representation and participation of women are crucial for effective mediation, OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier told a meeting of the Initiative on Mediation in the Mediterranean Region in Brdo, Slovenia, on 11 March 2014...

VIENNA, 5 March 2014 – Eighteen OSCE participating States decided to send 35 unarmed military and civilian personnel to Ukraine in response to its request. The matter was discussed at a joint meeting of the Permanent Council and the Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC) in Vienna on 4 March 2014...

VIENNA, 20 February 2014 – Leading officials from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) today marked the World Day of Social Justice by linking the struggle against human trafficking with eradicating poverty, promoting full employment and decent work, gender equality and access to justice...

Kyiv, 4 December 2013- On the eve of the Organization’s Ministerial Council, OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier and the Organization’s Chairperson in Office, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara discussed ongoing developments in Ukraine.

VIENNA, 1 December 2013 – OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier has welcomed the peaceful and orderly voting in the municipal election in Kosovo as a “significant step towards confidence and security.”

OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier met NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen during an official visit to Brussels on 25 and 26 November 2013...

OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier and newly-inaugurated Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili have discussed co-operation and priorities during a meeting on the fringes of the inauguration ceremony in Tbilisi this weekend...