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Dublin OSCE Ministerial Council opens with calls to strengthen work on security community, including on human rights
Publishing date: 6 December 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Summits / Ministerial Councils, OSCE Secretary General
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...
OSCE foreign ministers to discuss security challenges in Dublin
Publishing date: 5 December 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
DUBLIN, 5 December 2012 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Eamon Gilmore today welcomed foreign ministers from the 57 OSCE participating States and 11 partner countries arriving in Dublin for the 19th OSCE Ministerial Council which begins tomorrow...
Participants in talks on Transdniestrian settlement review 2012 progress
Publishing date: 30 November 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
DUBLIN, 30 November 2012 – The latest round of talks on the Transdniestrian settlement concluded today in Dublin. During the three-day meeting, the participants reviewed progress achieved this year under the Irish OSCE Chairmanship...
28th IPRM meeting takes place in Ergneti
Publishing date: 27 November 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
ERGNETI, 27 November 2012- On 27 November, the 28th meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism, co-facilitated by the European Union Monitoring Mission and the OSCE, took place in Ergneti...
Mongolia becomes the 57th participating State of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Publishing date: 20 November 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
DUBLIN, 21 November 2012 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Eamon Gilmore, today announced that Mongolia has acceded to the OSCE, becoming the Organization’s 57th participating State...
Transdniestrian settlement mediators and observers stress need to make progress
Publishing date: 7 November 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
CHISINAU, 7 November 2012 – An OSCE-organized working visit to the region of the mediators and observers in the 5+2 talks on Transdniestrian settlement concluded in Chisinau today...
Co-Chairs of Geneva International Discussions address OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna
Publishing date: 1 November 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 1 November 2012 – The Geneva International Discussions are the only process to resolve the consequences of the 2008 conflict in Georgia with participation of all stakeholders, said Pádraig Murphy, the OSCE Chairmanship’s Special Representative for the South Caucasus, in his address today to the representatives of OSCE participating States in Vienna...
27th IPRM meeting takes place in Ergneti
Publishing date: 24 October 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
ERGNETI, 24 October 2012 – On 24 October, the 27th meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM), co-facilitated by the EUMM and the OSCE, took place in Ergneti...
Need for political commitment highlighted at latest round of Geneva International Discussions
Publishing date: 11 October 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
GENEVA, 11 October 2012 – Pádraig Murphy, the OSCE Chairmanship’s Special Representative for the South Caucasus, emphasized the need to maintain stability and the political commitment to resolve issues at the 21st meeting of the Geneva International Discussions today...
OSCE Chairperson condemns attacks on Turkish-Syrian border, calls for unified international community response
Publishing date: 4 October 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
DUBLIN, 4 October 2012 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Eamon Gilmore, today condemned the mortar attack emanating from within Syria on the Turkish village of Akcakale, on the Turkish-Syrian border, which resulted in the death of five people, and expressed concern about escalating tensions...