News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE States hold high-level consultations on reform of the Organization
Publishing date: 13 September 2005
VIENNA, 13 September 2005- A two-day, high-level meeting of the OSCE participating States has been considering wide-ranging proposals for the reform of the 55-nation body. These consultations continued a process...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office offers expertise to partner states at Mediterranean Seminar
Publishing date: 8 September 2005
RABAT, Morocco, 8 September 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, expressed strong support for the OSCE's activities with adjacent regions in his keynote address at the 11th OSCE Mediterranean Partners Seminar...
OSCE Chairman urges participating States to draw up a blueprint for Organization's reform
Publishing date: 7 September 2005
BRDO PRI KRANJU, Slovenia, 7 September 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, called on participating States to "roll up their sleeves and get down to business" in a keynote address to an OSCE reform conference...
OSCE Chairman stresses importance of top-level contacts between Armenia and Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 6 September 2005
YEREVAN, 6 September 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, stressed the importance of continuous contacts between Azerbaijan and Armenia at the highest level in meetings with President Robert Kocharian...
OSCE Chairman encouraged by signs of progress on Nagorno-Karabakh issue
Publishing date: 5 September 2005
BAKU, 5 September 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, said today in Baku that he was encouraged by progress on the Nagorno-Karabakh issue reached in the course of contacts between Azerbaijan and Armenia....
OSCE Chairman welcomes conclusion of Albanian election process
Publishing date: 1 September 2005
VIENNA, 1 September 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office today welcomed the conclusion of the election process in Albania, which was marked by the declaration of final results by the Albanian Central Election Commission on 1 Sept...
Helsinki 30 years on: OSCE Chairman calls for 'same political courage' to guide future of the Organization
Publishing date: 1 August 2005
HELSINKI, 1 August 2005- Invoking the spirit of Helsinki of three decades ago, the Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, said the Organization's members needed to display the same political courage in plotting...