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Youth are essential to strengthening security, conclude participants at side event during OSCE Ministerial Council in Hamburg
Publishing date: 8 December 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Youth
HAMBURG, Germany, 8 December 2016- Youth participation and youth mainstreaming in security were in focus at a side event co-organized today on the margins of the 23rd OSCE Ministerial Council in Hamburg by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Co-operation of Spain and the OSCE Chairmanship’s three Special Representatives on Youth and Security. Taking part were many youth activists from civil society and OSCE youth focal points...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office addresses Ministerial Council event on crisis in and around Ukraine, praises work of SMM and Trilateral Contact Group
Publishing date: 8 December 2016
Content type: Press release
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
HAMBURG, Germany, 8 December 2016 – On the first day of the 23rd OSCE Ministerial Council, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier addressed delegations at a side event on the crisis in and around Ukraine. The minister was briefed by his Special Representative in Ukraine and to the Trilateral Contact Group, Martin Sajdik, and the Chief Monitor of the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), Ertuğrul Apakan, on the state of play...
We need a strong OSCE for a secure Europe says OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Steinmeier at opening of Hamburg Ministerial Council
Publishing date: 8 December 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
HAMBURG, Germany, 8 December 2016 – Frank-Walter Steinmeier, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and German Foreign Minister, today opened the 23rd OSCE Ministerial Council in Hamburg, emphasizing that in stormy times a strong OSCE is more important than ever to provide an effective framework and engine for dialogue and co-operation. All 57 participating States, the vast majority of them represented by their Foreign Minister, have gathered in Hamburg for this two-day meeting which is the culmination of Germany’s 2016 OSCE Chairmanship...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Steinmeier receives civil society recommendations ahead of the Ministerial Council in Hamburg
Publishing date: 7 December 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
Hamburg, 7 December 2016 – In his capacity as Chairperson-in-Office of the OSCE, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier today attended the closing session of the Parallel Civil Society Conference, held in Hamburg on 6 and 7 December just ahead of the Ministerial Council meeting. During the two-day event, organized by the OSCE-wide NGO coalition “Civic Solidarity Platform” more than 100 civil society representatives discussed and adopted concrete recommendations directed at the OSCE, its Institutions, field presences and participating States. The participants also adopted a “Hamburg Declaration” that calls for protecting and expanding civil society space.
Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and Chief Monitor of the OSCE SMM address the Permanent Council
Publishing date: 1 December 2016
Content type: Press release
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 1 December 2016 – In their fifth briefing to the OSCE Permanent Council this year, the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group Martin Sajdik and the Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine Ertugrul Apakan yesterday focused on the need for a real normalization and stabilization in eastern Ukraine, particularly through the implementation of the Minsk agreements.
72nd Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism meeting takes place in Ergneti
Publishing date: 1 December 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
On 30th November 2016, the 72nd meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) took place in Ergneti, co-facilitated by Kęstutis Jankauskas, the Head of the European Union Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM) and Ambassador Guenther Baechler, the Special Repre¬sentative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the South Caucasus...
Ensuring independence and quality of judiciaries vital for democratic societies say participants at OSCE/ODIHR meeting in Warsaw
Publishing date: 21 November 2016
Content type: Press release
What we do: Rule of law
WARSAW, 21 November 2016 – Promoting effective justice systems and, in particular, ensuring the independence and quality of judiciaries are vital to the promotion of human rights and democratic societies, participants at the opening of an OSCE meeting in Warsaw said today...
No peace without women: OSCE Chairmanship conference puts implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 in focus
Publishing date: 18 November 2016
BERLIN, 18 November 2016- When it comes to peace and security in the world, what role should and must women play? This and other questions were discussed today at a conference held under Germany’s OSCE Chairmanship in the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin. The event under the title "A Case for Inclusive Peace and Security: How to Accelerate the Implementation of UNSCR 1325?" was co-organized by Germany’s Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth and the German Foreign Office...
Malta workshop explores ways to strengthen border security co-operation between OSCE Mediterranean Partners and participating States
Publishing date: 17 November 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management
VALETTA, 17 November 2016 – Successful models of regional co-operation to address border challenges were highlighted at a three-day OSCE workshop held in Valetta, Malta from 15 to 17 November 2016, bringing together 80 experts from national authorities and international organizations from OSCE Mediterranean Partner for Co-operation countries and OSCE participating States...
Concluding youth event of Germany’s OSCE Chairmanship to give stronger voice to young people on current security challenges
Publishing date: 11 November 2016
BERLIN, 11 November 2016- As the final event in a series of outreach activities to young people across the OSCE region in 2016, Germany’s OSCE Chairmanship, in co-operation with the Schwarzkopf Foundation Young Europe, held a two-day youth conference in Berlin on 10 and 11 November. Thirty participants between the ages of 16 and 25 years from OSCE participating States gathered in the Federal Foreign Office to debate different notions of security in the OSCE region from a youth perspective...