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The OSCE and the Council of Europe: assessment of the human rights situation in Georgia needed
Publishing date: 15 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
BRUSSELS, 15 September 2008- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb, and Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, the Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, met today in Brussels...
Crisis in Georgia challenge for OSCE arms control and confidence-building regime, Finnish official says
Publishing date: 10 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Forum for Security Co-operation
What we do: Arms control, Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 10 September 2008- The crisis in Georgia has changed the politico-military situation in the OSCE area in a way that must be taken into account by the OSCE and its Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC), Pauli Järvenpää...
UNMIK downsizing gives OSCE opportunity for larger role in Kosovo, UNMIK head says
Publishing date: 4 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council
VIENNA, 4 September 2008- The reconfiguration of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) offers the OSCE an opportunity to make an even more concrete impact in Kosovo, UNMIK head Lamberto Zannier told the OSCE Permanent...
OSCE Chairman condemns Russia's recognition of South Ossetia, Abkhazia independence
Publishing date: 26 August 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
HELSINKI, 26 August 2008- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb, today condemned the decision by Russia to recognize the independence of the breakaway Georgian regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia...
OSCE Chairman reaffirms Organization's commitment to stabilize post-conflict situation in South Caucasus
Publishing date: 22 August 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
TBILISI, 22 August 2008- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finland's Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb, said today that the Organization was strongly committed to helping stabilize the current situation in Georgia...
OSCE Chairman welcomes OSCE States' decision for up to 100 monitors to Georgia
Publishing date: 19 August 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
BRUSSELS, 19 August 2008- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb, issued the following statement on the OSCE Permanent Council's decision to increase the number of monitors to the Mission to Georgia by up to 100...
OSCE Special Envoy says situation in Georgia still "fragile", additional OSCE monitors needed
Publishing date: 14 August 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 14 August 2008- The situation in and around the South Ossetia conflict area remains "fragile" and up to 100 additional OSCE monitors are needed, the Special Envoy of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Ambassador Heikki Talvitie, said in Vienna today...