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OSCE Special Representative and Senior Gender Adviser visit Moldova
Publishing date: 27 January 2023
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Gender equality
CHISINAU, 27 January 2023 – Strengthening the effective and meaningful participation of women in peace processes, advancing gender equality, fighting gender-based violence and protecting the rights of women and girls was at the centre of a two-day visit to Chisinau by Special Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office on Gender, Liliana Palihovici, and OSCE Senior Adviser on Gender Issues, Lara Scarpitta.
Greater efforts to counter Holocaust distortion needed to combat hate and protect democracy, OSCE says on International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Publishing date: 27 January 2023
Content type: Press release
What we do: Human rights, Tolerance and non-discrimination
SKOPJE/WARSAW/WASHINGTON, 27 January 2023 — Greater international co-operation is needed to counter Holocaust denial and distortion, not only to combat hateful ideologies but also to defend democracy, the OSCE said on today’s International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
OSCE Chairman-in-Office Osmani visits OSCE Mission to Skopje
Publishing date: 25 January 2023
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
SKOPJE, 25 January 2023 — OSCE Chairman-in-Office and Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia Bujar Osmani visited the OSCE Mission to Skopje today.
110th Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism meeting takes place in Ergneti
Publishing date: 17 January 2023
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
ERGNETI, 17 January 2023- The 110th Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) was held in Ergneti today, under the co-facilitation of Dr. Tibor Kozma, Acting Head of the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM) and Ambassador Viorel Moşanu, Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the South Caucasus.
OSCE Chairman-in-Office Osmani completes visit to Kyiv, emphasizes continued destructive impact of Russia’s war on Ukraine’s people
Publishing date: 16 January 2023
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
KYIV, 16 January 2023 –The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia Bujar Osmani, completed his visit to Kyiv today.
Chairman-in-Office Bujar Osmani presents North Macedonia’s 2023 priorities to OSCE Permanent Council
Publishing date: 12 January 2023
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
Vienna, 12 January 2023 — In these critical times for European security and stability, the Chairpersonship of North Macedonia will strive to manage and prevent conflicts and alleviate suffering by placing the people at the heart of its work, said Bujar Osmani, Foreign Minister of North Macedonia and OSCE Chairman-in-Office, during his address to the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna today.
OSCE Chairman-in-Office Osmani holds separate phone calls with Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Armenia and Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 10 January 2023
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
SKOPJE, 10 January 2023- The 2023 OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of North Macedonia Bujar Osmani, held two separate telephone conversations with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, Ararat Mirzoyan, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Jeyhun Bayramov. The conversations with the ministers focused on the situation in the South Caucasus region, with a particular emphasis on the Lachin corridor.