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OSCE Monitors patrol road to Tskhinvali
Publishing date: 4 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
TBILISI, 4 September 2008- OSCE Military Monitoring Officers today patrolled the road from Karaleti to Megrevekisi, 4 km from Tskhinvali, for the first time since the outbreak of hostilities in Georgia last month...
OSCE Chairman condemns Russia's recognition of South Ossetia, Abkhazia independence
Publishing date: 26 August 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
HELSINKI, 26 August 2008- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb, today condemned the decision by Russia to recognize the independence of the breakaway Georgian regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia...
OSCE Chairman reaffirms Organization's commitment to stabilize post-conflict situation in South Caucasus
Publishing date: 22 August 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
TBILISI, 22 August 2008- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finland's Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb, said today that the Organization was strongly committed to helping stabilize the current situation in Georgia...
OSCE Chairman welcomes OSCE States' decision for up to 100 monitors to Georgia
Publishing date: 19 August 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
BRUSSELS, 19 August 2008- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb, issued the following statement on the OSCE Permanent Council's decision to increase the number of monitors to the Mission to Georgia by up to 100...
OSCE States agree up to 100 monitors to Georgia
Publishing date: 19 August 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 19 August 2008- The 56 OSCE participating States agreed to increase the number of OSCE monitors in the Mission to Georgia to 100 at a special meeting of the Permanent Council in Vienna today...
OSCE Special Envoy says situation in Georgia still "fragile", additional OSCE monitors needed
Publishing date: 14 August 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 14 August 2008- The situation in and around the South Ossetia conflict area remains "fragile" and up to 100 additional OSCE monitors are needed, the Special Envoy of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Ambassador Heikki Talvitie, said in Vienna today...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office condemns Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone violence, reiterates invitation for dialogue
Publishing date: 2 August 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
HELSINKI, 2 August 2008- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb, condemned today the latest escalation of violence, including overnight shooting, in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict....