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OSCE countries must intensify work to confront today’s challenges, Irish Tánaiste (Deputy Prime Minister) says
Publishing date: 22 June 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council
What we do: Human rights
VIENNA, 22 June 2011 – Though the OSCE has contributed immeasurably to stability and democratic development in its region, the Organization's participating States must intensify their work to confront today's challenges, Ireland's Tánaiste (Deputy Prime Minister) and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Eamon Gilmore, said today...
Irish Deputy Prime Minister to address OSCE on Wednesday
Publishing date: 21 June 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council
VIENNA, 21 June 2011- Ireland's Tánaiste (Deputy Prime Minister) and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Eamon Gilmore, will address the OSCE on Wednesday...
Moscow Mechanism rapporteur reports to OSCE Permanent Council on situation in Belarus
Publishing date: 16 June 2011
VIENNA, 16 June 2011 – Emmanuel Decaux, OSCE Moscow Mechanism rapporteur, presented to the OSCE Permanent Council today his report about the human rights situation and implementation of OSCE commitments in Belarus since the December 2010 presidential election...
Civil security and combating trafficking key areas of OSCE co-operation with Baltic Sea States Council, says its Director addressing Permanent Council
Publishing date: 10 June 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
VIENNA, 10 June 2011 – Working with the OSCE on civil security and combating human trafficking, and potential co-operation in building transport links and sustainable energy are ways to contribute to stability and cohesion in Europe, said Jan Lundin, Director General of the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) Secretariat in his address to the OSCE Permanent Council today...
Kyrgyzstan's president calls for OSCE support to Interior Ministry reform
Publishing date: 9 June 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Policing
VIENNA, 9 June 2011 – Kyrgyzstan’s President Roza Otunbayeva, speaking on the eve of the anniversary of deadly strife in the south of her country, today called on the OSCE to support Interior Ministry reform...
Mongolian foreign minister addresses OSCE Permanent Council, expresses hope to expand co-operation
Publishing date: 9 June 2011
Content type: News
Mongolian Foreign Minister Gombojav Zandanshatar addressed a special session of the OSCE Permanent Council on 9 June 2011, outlining Mongolia’s co-operation with the Organization as well as developments in the country...
OSCE Ambassadors visit Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan to discuss transnational threats
Publishing date: 5 April 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: Permanent Council
A group of 17 OSCE Ambassadors arrived in Dushanbe on 4 April 2011 for a week-long trip to Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan to familiarize themselves with how the Organization addresses transnational threats in the region. They visited the OSCE Office in Tajikistan and met with top government officials, including President Emomali Rakhmon and Foreign Minister Hamrokhon Zarifi, and civil society representatives working in areas relevant to comprehensive security...