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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Role of inter-faith dialogue in peace building explored at expert workshop organized by OSCE and KAICIID in Vienna
Publishing date: 4 April 2017
Collections: OSCE documents and publications on mediation
The positive role religious figures and institutions can play in conflict prevention and peace building was the theme of an expert workshop co-hosted by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the International Dialogue Centre (KAICIID) in Vienna on 3 and 4 April 2017.
Realistic interim measures needed to stem the deterioration of co-operative security in Europe, report by OSCE-related network of think tanks argues
Publishing date: 9 December 2016
“In the wake of the current confrontation between Russia and the West, will the nations of Europe govern their interactions by rules and principles, as the signatories of the Helsinki Final Act hoped, or by the conjuncture or clash of national interests?” This was the leading question of a study conducted by the OSCE Network of Think Tanks and Academic Institutions presented at a side event of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Hamburg on 8 December 2016.
OSCE-supported New-Med discussion on Redefining Cultural Dialogue in Time of Crisis: Mediterranean Perspective held in Rome
Publishing date: 16 September 2016
On the occasion of the Anna Lindh Foundation Advisory Council, the New-Med, an OSCE-supported network of Mediterranean experts, in co-operation with Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, held a seminar on the topic of Redefining Cultural Dialogue in Time of Crisis: a Mediterranean Perspective, on 8 September 2016 in Rome...
Implications of migration and refugee crisis for the European security discussed at OSCE-ELIAMEP event in Athens
Publishing date: 13 May 2016
Challenges posed by the migration and refugee flows and their impact on European security was the focus of an event jointly organized by the OSCE and the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) in Athens on 10 May 2016. The security implications of mass movements of people for regional and sub-regional stability, the role of international organizations, and co-operation and co-ordination among relevant actors, were among the issues highlighted...
Work of the Panel of Eminent Persons discussed at the 52nd Munich Security Conference
Publishing date: 16 February 2016
The final recommendations of the Panel of Eminent Persons on European Security as a Common Project were discussed on 14 February 2016 on the margins of the 52nd Munich Security Conference, with Panel members joined by over 60 journalists and Conference participants to discuss perspectives for reconsolidating European security...
OSCE Troika Ministers discuss Panel of Eminent Persons’ final report
Publishing date: 7 December 2015
The conclusions of the final report of the Panel of Eminent Persons on European Security as a Common Project were discussed at a side event on the margins of the 22nd OSCE Ministerial Council in Belgrade on 3 December 2015. Speakers included all three OSCE Troika Foreign Ministers as well as representatives of OSCE Delegations in Vienna and the OSCE Network of Think Tanks and Academic Institutions...
Robust diplomatic process needed to replace mutual recrimination with rebuilding trust in Europe, conclude Panel of Eminent Persons
Publishing date: 3 December 2015
BELGRADE, 3 December 2015- A diplomatic process that explores the common problems of European States carefully, confidentially and systematically is needed to overcome the current divisions and uncertainties over security, concludes the final report of the Panel of Eminent Persons on European Security as a Common Project, presented today on the margins of the 22nd OSCE Ministerial Council in Belgrade...