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Meeting Foreign Minister of Tunisia, OSCE Secretary General confirms strong OSCE Mediterranean Partnership
Publishing date: 18 May 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation, OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Democratization, Countering terrorism
The fruitful relationship the OSCE and Tunisia have developed in the context of the OSCE’s Mediterranean Partnership and the challenges Tunisia is facing in its current efforts to consolidate its democracy in an unsettled international environment were discussed during a meeting between OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier and Foreign Minister of Tunisia Khemaies Jhinaoui in Vienna on 17 May 2017.
Open exchange of views vital to protecting human rights, strengthening democratic institutions, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Special Representative, OSCE Secretary General and ODIHR Director say at close of Warsaw Conference
Publishing date: 30 September 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Democratization
WARSAW, 30 September 2016 – The free and open exchange of views and information is vital to helping governments protect and promote human rights, fundamental freedoms and tolerance and non-discrimination, as well as to improve and strengthen democratic practices and institutions, Gernot Erler, Germany’s Special Representative for the 2016 OSCE Chairmanship, Lamberto Zannier, OSCE Secretary General, and Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), said today on the occasion of the closing of a two-week OSCE conference in Warsaw...
Voice of youth counts, says OSCE Secretary General Zannier on the occasion of International Youth Day
Publishing date: 12 August 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Democratization, Youth
VIENNA, 12 August 2016- This year’s International Youth Day, 12 August, focuses on achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and the leading role youth plays for equitable socioeconomic development – critical also to the implementation of relevant commitments of OSCE participating States...
OSCE Secretary General Zannier and ODIHR Director Link reiterate call for full implementation of the Przino Agreement
Publishing date: 14 January 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Elections, Conflict prevention and resolution, Democratization
VIENNA, 14 January 2016 – OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier and ODIHR Director Michael Georg Link called today on political party leaders in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to act in the interest of all of the country’s citizens and take all necessary steps to ensure the full and timely realization of all elements of the Przino Agreement...
OSCE Chairperson, OSCE Secretary General and ODIHR Director welcome UN Security Council Resolution on Youth, Peace and Security
Publishing date: 12 December 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Human rights, Democratization, Countering terrorism, Youth
BELGRADE / VIENNA / WARSAW, 12 December 2015 — OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić, OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier and Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) Michael Georg Link today welcomed the adoption by the UN Security Council earlier this week of a Resolution on Youth, Peace and Security...
OSCE Secretary General Zannier encourages continued commitment to democratic reforms as he concludes his visit to Skopje
Publishing date: 1 December 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization
SKOPJE, 1 December 2015- OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier encouraged political leaders to continue commitment to the ongoing political process and timely implementation of the Przino Agreement in full and good faith, as he concludes discussions today in Skopje...
OSCE helps advance local self-governance reform in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 6 November 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Democratization, Good governance
ASTANA, 6 November 2014 – Government officials, parliamentarians, representatives of regional and local bodies of power, international organizations and civil society gathered at a roundtable discussion today in Astana to discuss the status of implementation of ongoing local self-governance reform in Kazakhstan...