News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Secretary General visits Bishkek to discuss developments in Kyrgyzstan with President
Publishing date: 3 March 2006
BISHKEK, 3 March 2006- Beginning a two-day visit to Kyrgyzstan on Friday, OSCE Secretary General, Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, held high-level meetings with Kyrgyz Government and Parliamentary officials. The discussions focused on the development...
OSCE Chairman welcomes Presidential initiative to address election conduct in Skopje
Publishing date: 3 March 2006
BRUSSELS, 3 March 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, has welcomed the initiative by President Branko Crvenkovski to launch a series of roundtable election discussions in Skopje. The roundtable held yesterday...
ODIHR Director's mandate extended
Publishing date: 28 February 2006
BRUSSELS, 28 February 2006- OSCE Chairman-in-Office Karel De Gucht, the Belgian Foreign Minister, has welcomed the decision of the Ministerial Council to extend the mandate of the Director of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights...
OSCE Chairman calls for return to negotiations on Georgian-Ossetian conflict
Publishing date: 22 February 2006
BRUSSELS, 22 February 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CiO), Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, today urged all parties involved in the Georgian-Ossetian conflict to return to the negotiating table, exercise restraint and...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office calls on Serbian authorities to negotiate "compromise solution" for Kosovo
Publishing date: 17 February 2006
BELGRADE, 17 February 2006- At the end of a three-day visit to Podgorica, Pristina and Belgrade, the OSCE Chairman Karel De Gucht, urged the Serbian authorities to negotiate a compromise solution for the future status of Kosovo. "I encourage you...
OSCE Chairman expresses consternation at Ukraine's decision to return Uzbek asylum seekers
Publishing date: 17 February 2006
BRUSSELS, 17 February 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office Karel De Gucht has expressed his consternation at the decision taken by the Ukrainian authorities to extradite 11 Uzbek asylum seekers back to Uzbekistan. "This forcible repatriation...
OSCE unites on steps to ensure press freedom and respect for religious and other beliefs
Publishing date: 17 February 2006
VIENNA, 17 February 2006- An informal OSCE meeting, called by the Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, yesterday discussed the valuable contribution the Organization might make in response to the controversy over the recent...
OSCE Chairman urges Kosovo leaders to begin decentralization process, continue standards implementation
Publishing date: 16 February 2006
PRISTINA/MITROVICA, 16 February 2006- During a one-day visit to Kosovo today, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, told political leaders in Pristina the implementation of standards and the start of a decentralization...
OSCE Chairman Karel De Gucht calls for measured response to Georgian Parliament resolution
Publishing date: 16 February 2006
PRISTINA, 16 January 2006- Commenting on yesterday's resolution of the Georgian Parliament on peacekeeping operations in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, has called for...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office to visit Podgorica and Belgrade
Publishing date: 14 February 2006
BELGRADE, 14 February 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, will begin a three-day visit to Podgorica, Pristina and Belgrade tomorrow...