News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
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...
Long-standing engagement between OSCE and Mediterranean and the future of co-operation in focus of conference in Malta
Publishing date: 10 November 2015
VALLETTA, 10 November 2015 – The link between European and Mediterranean security has become increasingly evident and there is a need to reaffirm the strategic value of the OSCE’s co-operation with its Mediterranean Partners, said the Organization’s Secretary General Lamberto Zannier today as he opened an international conference on “Helsinki + 40: The Mediterranean Chapter and the Future of Mediterranean” in Valetta...
Network of think tanks recommends strengthening the OSCE
Publishing date: 1 October 2015
BELGRADE, 1 October 2015 – The OSCE’s role in providing a common platform for mediation and conflict prevention is more important today than ever, says a new report by the OSCE Network of Think Tanks and Academic Institutions, which was presented today at the Belgrade Security Forum 2015...
Panel of Eminent Persons, in Brussels, discusses the crisis in and around Ukraine and future of European security
Publishing date: 15 September 2015
The security implications of the crisis in and around Ukraine and broader issues of European security were the focus of a roundtable discussion held during a visit to Brussels by members of the Panel of Eminent Persons on European Security as a Common Project on September 15...
OSCE think tank and academic network debates contribution to the final report of the Panel of Eminent Persons
Publishing date: 2 September 2015
Discussion of strategic ideas for re-consolidating European security as a common project was the focus of a one-day workshop organized by the OSCE Network of Think Tanks and Academic Institutions, which took place in Vienna on 1 September 2015...
Panel of Eminent Persons explores lessons learnt for OSCE from its engagement in Ukraine
Publishing date: 17 June 2015
VIENNA, 17 June 2015 – A greater focus on conflict prevention, stronger leadership and a legal personality are some of the ways to make the OSCE work more effectively and more efficiently, said Ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger, chairperson of the Munich Security Conference (MSC) and chairperson of the Panel of Eminent Persons on European Security as a Common Project, as he presented the Panel’s Interim Report today in Vienna...
Libya’s ungoverned spaces and escalating civil war in focus of OSCE-supported workshop in London
Publishing date: 14 May 2015
A workshop on a multilateral approach to Libya and ungoverned territories in the Mediterranean region, hosted by the European Council on Foreign Relations and the Istituto Affari Internazionali (International Affairs Institute), as part of the New Med network, supported by the Compagnia di San Paolo Foundation, in co-operation with the OSCE, took place on 13 May 2015, in London...