News and press releases

VIENNA, 15 July 2011 – OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier, expressing his condolences to the President and people of Turkmenistan over the tragic explosion in Abadan, today offered OSCE assistance with clearance and securing stocks of arms and ammunition...

VIENNA, 11 July 2011 – The deadly explosion of munitions at a military base in Cyprus underlines that work to secure ammunition and weapons stocks is of utmost urgency, OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier said today...

BELGRADE, 6 July 2011 – The OSCE will continue its work to resolve protracted conflicts, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, today told 300 Parliamentarians from 53 OSCE participating States and four partner countries gathered in Belgrade for the Annual Session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly...

VIENNA, 4 July 2011- Newly appointed OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier, speaking to the 56 OSCE participating States at a special session of the Permanent Council, said he would work to strengthen the OSCE Secretariat's effectiveness, raise the Organization's profile and improve co-ordination among the different parts of the OSCE...

VILNIUS/VIENNA, 30 June 2011 – Ambassador Lamberto Zannier of Italy has been appointed the new OSCE Secretary General through a unanimous Ministerial Council decision by the 56 participating States, announced the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, today...

OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Volodymyr Omelianchuk on 15 June 2011 signed a contract extension with a Russian consortium for the safe disposal of 9,500 tonnes of a toxic rocket fuel component stored in Ukraine...

The OSCE, the world's largest regional security organization, released its 2010 Annual Report today, 1 April 2011...