News and press releases

The contribution of young women and men to all three dimensions of the OSCE’s peace and security agenda – politico-military, economic and environmental and human– was the topic of an interactive side event on 7 December 2018 during the 25th OSCE Ministerial Council in Milan, organized by the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office (CiO)’s Special Representatives on Youth and Security together with Spain. Later that day the Ministerial Council adopted Declaration MC.DD/17/18 on the Role of Youth in Contributing to Peace and Security Efforts.

Recent advances in the OSCE’s pioneering preventive work against violent extremism and terrorism (VERLT) was the topic of a side event at the 2018 OSCE Ministerial Council in Milan on Tuesday, 6 December 2018.

The OSCE’s role as a key partner in implementing a new roadmap for controlling small arms and light weapons (SALW) in the Western Balkans was the topic of a side event held on 7 December 2018 during the OSCE Ministerial Council in Milan, Italy.

Several foreign ministers, high-level government representatives and experts gathered for a discussion on promoting economic connectivity in the OSCE area on Thursday, 6 December 2018 during the 25th OSCE Ministerial Council in Milan.

The OSCE Troika of the current, preceding and future Chairmanships met on 7 December 2012 with high-level representatives from the Asian Partner countries on the margins of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Dublin

Joe Costello, Minister of State from the Irish Foreign Ministry, opened a Troika meeting with the OSCE Mediterranean Partner countries held on the sidelines of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Dublin on 7 December 2012...

DUBLIN, 6 December 2012 – Foreign ministers and top officials from the 57 OSCE participating States heard calls for further efforts to create a security community based on shared values at the opening of the 19th OSCE Ministerial Council in Dublin today...