News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairman calls for Transdniestria settlement talks to restart, welcomes positive signs from both sides
Publishing date: 17 January 2008
CHISINAU, 17 January 2008- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Ilkka Kanerva, called today for resuming Transdniestria talks and welcomed signs that both sides were willing to discuss the free movement of goods, services and people...
Chairman-in-Office meets Ukrainian President for talks on OSCE and regional matters
Publishing date: 16 January 2008
KYIV, 16 January 2008- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Ilkka Kanerva, met Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko today and congratulated Ukraine on its progress pursuing political reforms and consolidating its democratic system...
OSCE can actively shape development of wider European security, says new Chairman
Publishing date: 10 January 2008
VIENNA, 10 January 2008- OSCE Chairman Ilkka Kanerva said today that conflict prevention and crisis management would form the core of his country's Chairmanship and that the Organization would work with political actors to meet challenges...
Finland takes over OSCE Chairmanship, will focus on strengthening Organization
Publishing date: 1 January 2008
HELSINKI, 1 January 2008- Finland took over the Chairmanship of the OSCE today and described the Organization as a unique forum of dialogue between 56 participating States whose strength lies in the unanimity required for decision-making.
OSCE countries, Mediterranean partners discuss ways to fight discrimination
Publishing date: 18 December 2007
TEL AVIV, 18 December 2007- Combating intolerance and promoting mutual respect is the focus of an OSCE seminar for representatives from the OSCE's participating States and its Mediterranean partner countries in Tel Aviv today...
OSCE-ILO-IOM present handbook on managing migration in the Mediterranean region
Publishing date: 12 December 2007
RABAT, 12 December 2007- Enhanced co-operation and more targeted policies are needed to effectively manage increasingly complex labour migration patterns in the Mediterranean, argues a new handbook presented today by the OSCE...
OSCE Chairman expresses hope for renewed CFE negotiations
Publishing date: 12 December 2007
MADRID, 12 December 2007- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, today urged Russia to reconsider its unilateral suspension of implementation of commitments under the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe...