News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Council of Europe and OSCE need to further strengthen co-operation to effectively address current challenges, Belgium’s Foreign Minister tells OSCE Permanent Council
Publishing date: 12 March 2015
VIENNA, 12 March 2015- The Council of Europe and OSCE need to further capitalize on their strengths to effectively address the challenges facing their member countries, said Didier Reynders, Belgium’s Foreign Minister and current chair of the Council’s Committee of Ministers, in his address to the OSCE Permanent Council on 12 March 2015.
OSCE Secretary General Zannier, in Georgia, says Organization is committed to resolving regional conflicts through dialogue
Publishing date: 11 March 2015
“The Geneva International Discussions are and remain the only inclusive platform for dialogue,” said OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier during an official visit to Georgia on 8-11 March 2015...
OSCE Chairperson Dačić and Secretary General Zannier condemn murder of Boris Nemtsov and call for rapid and thorough investigation
Publishing date: 2 March 2015
BELGRADE/VIENNA, 2 March 2015 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić and OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier today condemned the murder of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov on Friday 27 February, and called for a thorough investigation into his death.
OSCE Secretary General concludes visit to Ukraine
Publishing date: 18 February 2015
On 13 February 2015 the OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier concluded a three-day working visit to Kyiv and Dnipropetrovsk. During the visit, Zannier held meetings with government officials, representatives of the regional administration and civil society. In Dnipropetrovsk, he visited the Centre for internally displaced persons (IDPs), to which he handed over a donation of 20,000 Euros from the OSCE charity fund...
Joint Statement by the OSCE Secretary General and the OSCE Chief Monitor in Ukraine on the implementation of the Minsk package
Publishing date: 13 February 2015
KYIV, 13 February 2015 – OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier and Head of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine Ertugrul Apakan today issued a joint statement in Kyiv on the implementation of the Minsk package of measures agreed yesterday by the Trilateral Contact Group...
OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier and Chief Monitor Ertugrul Apakan visit Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
Publishing date: 11 February 2015
DNIPROPETROVSK, Ukraine, 11 February 2015- OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier and Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan, will visit Dnipropetrovsk Ukraine on Wednesday and Thursday to meet government officials and will also visit displaced people affected by the ongoing conflict in Eastern Ukraine...
Munich Security Conference: OSCE Troika calls for immediate ceasefire in eastern Ukraine
Publishing date: 7 February 2015
MUNICH, Germany, 7 February 2015 – During the Ministerial Meeting of the OSCE Troika at the margins of the Munich Security Conference (MSC), the Foreign Ministers of the OSCE Troika, Serbia, Switzerland and Germany, had a thorough exchange of views on the situation in and around Ukraine. The OSCE Secretary General also attended the meeting...