News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Condemning Stockholm attack, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and OSCE Secretary General say indiscriminate acts of violence can never be justified
Publishing date: 7 April 2017
VIENNA, 7 April 2017 – Indiscriminate acts of violence can and will never be justified or tolerated, said OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz and OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier today as they condemned the terrorist attack in Stockholm, offered their condolences to the families of victims and wished the injured a quick recovery...
OSCE to explore common ground on current and future security challenges
Publishing date: 7 April 2017
VIENNA, 7 April, 2017 – Fostering a better understanding of threat perceptions is the focus of discussions among senior officials from capitals and ambassadors of the participating States to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in Vienna (Kahlenberg) today...
OSCE participating States extend mandate of OSCE Observer Mission at the Russian Checkpoints to 31 July 2017
Publishing date: 6 April 2017
VIENNA, 6 April 2017 – The mandate of the OSCE Observer Mission at the Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk was extended by three months to 31 July 2017 following a consensus decision today by participating States at the OSCE Permanent Council...
No alternative but to reduce risk of military escalation in eastern Ukraine, say OSCE Chair’s Special Representative Sajdik and Chief Monitor Apakan
Publishing date: 5 April 2017
VIENNA, 5 April 2017 – There is no alternative but to reduce the risk of a military escalation and find a way to constructively implement the Minsk agreements, said the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office’s Special Representative to the Trilateral Contact Group, Martin Sajdik, and the Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, Ertugrul Apakan, in their addresses to the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna today...
76th IPRM meeting takes place in Ergneti
Publishing date: 4 April 2017
ERGNETI, 4 April 2017- The 76th meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) was held in Ergneti. Ambassador Guenther Baechler, Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the South Caucasus, and Kestutis Jankauskas, Head of the European Union Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM), co-facilitated the proceedings...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Kurz and Secretary General Zannier condemn atrocious blast in St. Petersburg
Publishing date: 3 April 2017
VIENNA, 3 April 2017- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz, and OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier today condemned the atrocious blasts in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, offering condolences to the families of those killed and wishing a rapid recovery to the many injured...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Sebastian Kurz calls for renewed engagement to peacefully resolve Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
Publishing date: 31 March 2017
VIENNA, 31 March 2017 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Austria’s Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz, today joined the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs’ call for the sides to renew engagement in the political settlement process as expressed in their statement on 29 March...