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Regional organizations, co-operation, women are crucial for effective mediation, says OSCE Secretary General
Publishing date: 11 March 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Effective co-operation between regional players and international organizations and the adequate representation and participation of women are crucial for effective mediation, OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier told a meeting of the Initiative on Mediation in the Mediterranean Region in Brdo, Slovenia, on 11 March 2014...
OSCE Secretary General visits Paris
Publishing date: 23 July 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier visited Paris for consultations on 23 July 2013. He met French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius and other senior French officials to discuss challenges in the OSCE region...
OSCE welcomes Belgrade-Pristina agreement
Publishing date: 19 April 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
KYIV/VIENNA, 19 April 2013 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara and the OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier welcomed today’s Belgrade-Pristina agreement facilitated by the EU High Representative Catherine Ashton in Brussels...
Reconciliation key to breaking ‘cycle of enmity’, OSCE Secretary General tells meeting participants
Publishing date: 18 December 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 18 December 2012 – Reconciliation is key to overcoming the lack of trust and animosity with the aim to facilitate progress towards a Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian Security community in the OSCE region, said participants at an OSCE workshop in Vienna today...
OSCE Secretary General, on visit to Moldova, stresses OSCE support to Transdniestrian settlement process, confidence-building efforts on both banks
Publishing date: 18 July 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
CHISINAU, 18 July 2012- OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier, speaking at the conclusion of his visit to Chisinau and Tiraspol today, underscored the OSCE’s support for the Transdniestrian settlement process and efforts to improve the lives of people on both banks of the river...
OSCE Secretary General discusses tackling organized crime and drugs trafficking with UNODC
Publishing date: 28 December 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General
Meeting with the Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Yury Fedotov, on 22 December 2011 in Vienna, OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier discussed the prospects for closer co-operation to tackle organized crime and drugs trafficking...
OSCE and Council of Europe leaders discussed joint efforts to fight terrorism and human trafficking, promote minority rights and support democratic transition processes in the Southern Mediterranean
Publishing date: 21 September 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretary General
NEW YORK, United States, 21 September 2011- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, and OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier met the Council of Europe’s Chairperson of the Committee of Ministers, Ukraine’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Kostyantyn Gryshchenko, and Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland in New York today.