News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Chairman-in-Office urges Uzbekistan to allow OSCE monitors into closed trials of alleged terrorists
Publishing date: 2 December 2005
LJUBLJANA, 2 December 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, has written to the Uzbek Government, recalling its promise to give international observers the opportunity to monitor trials arising from the violent...
OSCE Chairman's representative in Central Asia discusses political issues with Kyrgyz leadership
Publishing date: 25 November 2005
BISHKEK, 25 November 2005- Alojz Peterle, the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office for the participating States in Central Asia, today met key members of the Government here to discuss current political developments in Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE Chairman calls for close dialogue with the Central European Initiative
Publishing date: 25 November 2005
PIESTANY, Slovakia, 25 November 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Dimitrij Rupel, said on Friday that the Central European Initiative would continue to play an important role as a facilitator of European unity. Minister Rupel, who spoke at...
OSCE Chairman welcomes agreement on sharing of budget contributions until 2007
Publishing date: 25 November 2005
LJUBLJANA, 25 November 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, expressed satisfaction at the decision today by all 55 participating States to approve the Organization's "scales of contribution", or method of...
OSCE Chairman urges Joint Control Commission to seek basis for dialogue in Georgian-Ossetian conflict
Publishing date: 15 November 2005
BRDO PRI KRANJU, 15 November 2005- OSCE Chairman-in-Office Dimitrij Rupel today opened a meeting of the Joint Control Commission on the Georgian-Ossetian conflict by urging the participants to pave the way for an early dialogue at the highest level...
NATO Secretary General calls for closer links with OSCE
Publishing date: 3 November 2005
VIENNA, 3 November 2005- Addressing representatives of the 55 participating States of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe today, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer called for the two organizations to translate their...
OSCE will intensify its efforts to settle Transdniestrian issue, OSCE Chairman says
Publishing date: 21 October 2005
LJUBLJANA, 21 October 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, said today that the Chairmanship was intensifying its efforts to find a sustainable solution for Moldova's Transdniestria region...