News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE will not recognize Transdniestrian independence referendum- Chairman-in-Office
Publishing date: 20 July 2006
BRUSSELS, 20 July 2006- The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe will not recognize the referendum on independence called by the Supreme Soviet of the Transdniestrian region, said Chairman-in-Office Karel De Gucht...
Montenegrin Foreign Minister welcomes broad and durable mandate for new OSCE Mission
Publishing date: 18 July 2006
VIENNA, 18 July, 2006- In his first address to the OSCE's Permanent Council, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro, Miodrag Vlahovic, anticipated the rapid signing of an official memorandum to support a new OSCE Mission, based in Podgorica...
OSCE Chairman regrets delay of JCC meeting and detention of Russian diplomats in Georgia
Publishing date: 17 July 2006
BRUSSELS, 17 July 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office De Gucht has expressed regret at the postponement of a meeting scheduled to start today of the Joint Control Commission for the resolution of the Georgian- Ossetian conflict...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office voices deep concern at "harsh" jail sentence imposed on Belarusian opposition leader
Publishing date: 14 July 2006
BRUSSELS, 14 July 2006- OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, has expressed his deep concern following the announcement yesterday of guilty verdicts and a jail sentence on Dr. Alexander Kozulin, an opposition candidate...
OSCE Chairman alarmed at detention of Mission Officers in Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone
Publishing date: 12 July 2006
BRUSSELS, 12 July 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office De Gucht expressed great concern today at the actions of South Ossetian officers who detained at gunpoint unarmed military monitors from the OSCE Mission to Georgia on 11 July. The two Officers were...
OSCE Chairman calls for calm and restraint in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict
Publishing date: 11 July 2006
BRUSSELS, 11 July 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, expressed concern today about increased tensions in recent days in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict...
OSCE Chairman says removal of Chechen rebel chief Basayev "a good thing"
Publishing date: 11 July 2006
BRUSSELS, 11 July 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, expressed satisfaction today about the elimination of the Chechen rebel commander, Shamil Basayev, in an explosion in southern Russia...