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OSCE Chair calls for restraint by all sides in Ukraine
Publishing date: 23 January 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Rule of law
BERN / VIENNA, 22 January 2014 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter today expressed his deep concern about the situation in Ukraine, appealing to all parties to refrain from violence and engage in peaceful dialogue as a necessary first step towards resolving the ongoing crisis...
41st IPRM meeting takes place in Ergneti
Publishing date: 21 January 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
ERGNETI, 21 January 2014 – Today the 41st meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) took place in Ergneti, co-facilitated by Toivo Klaar, the Head of the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM), and Ambassador Angelo Gnaedinger, who participated for the first time in his capacity of Special Representative of the Swiss OSCE Chairmanship...
Swiss OSCE Chairperson-in-Office expresses “concern” over Ukraine
Publishing date: 17 January 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development
VIENNA, 17 January 2014- Didier Burkhalter, Swiss Foreign Minister and OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, has expressed concern at recent legal measures taken in Ukraine which contain provisions which recriminalize libel and could impose serious restrictions on fundamental rights such as freedom of expression and freedom of assembly...
Switzerland to harness OSCE strengths as wide-ranging chairmanship programme revealed
Publishing date: 16 January 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
VIENNA, 16 January 2014 – Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter today pledged to seize the opportunities offered by the OSCE as he outlined priorities for the Swiss Chairmanship of the Organization at the first Permanent Council in Vienna...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office meets Minsk Group Co-Chairs to discuss Nagorno-Karabakh mediation efforts
Publishing date: 14 January 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
BERN, 14 January 2014 – Today the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter, received the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group- Ambassadors Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Jacques Faure of France, and James Warlick of the United States of America, and the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, in Bern...