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OSCE Chairperson’s Special Representative for Gender Issues and ODIHR Director call on states to prioritize economic, political and social parity
Publishing date: 8 March 2016
Content type: Press release
What we do: Gender equality
VIENNA / WARSAW, 8 March 2016 – OSCE participating States must take more action to close the gender gap in the nearest future, Ambassador Melanne Verveer, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office’s Special Representative for Gender Issues, and Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) said today, on International Women’s Day...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Steinmeier in address to UN Security Council stresses need to strengthen ties between OSCE and UN in turbulent times
Publishing date: 29 February 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
NEW YORK 29 February 2016 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier briefed today the United Nations (UN) Security Council on the priorities of the German 2016 Chairmanship.
63rd IPRM meeting takes place in Ergneti
Publishing date: 24 February 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
ERGNETI, 24 February 2016- The 63rd meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) took place today in Ergneti, co-facilitated by Kęstutis Jankauskas, the Head of the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM), and Guenther Baechler, the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the South Caucasus...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine’s mandate extended by one year to 31 March 2017
Publishing date: 18 February 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
BERLIN / VIENNA, 18 February 2016 – The mandate of the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) was extended today by the OSCE Permanent Council to 31 March 2017, a move welcomed by the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Secretary General Lamberto Zannier...
OSCE Chairperson Steinmeier and Secretary General Zannier condemn terror attack in Ankara
Publishing date: 18 February 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Countering terrorism
BERLIN / VIENNA, 18 February 2016 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier today condemned in the strongest terms the terror attack perpetrated in Ankara that killed at least 28 people and left more than 60 wounded.
In first visit to region, Special Representative reaffirms commitment of German OSCE Chairmanship to the Transdniestrian settlement process
Publishing date: 17 February 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
CHISINAU, 17 February 2016 – The Special Representative of the German OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the Transdniestrian Settlement Process, Cord Meier-Klodt, today concluded his first visit to the region in his new capacity, which included meetings with the political leadership in Chisinau and Tiraspol...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office condemns the launch of ballistic missile by Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Publishing date: 7 February 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Arms control, Conflict prevention and resolution
BERLIN, 7 February 2016- OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, condemned today in the strongest terms the launch of a ballistic missile by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)...
OSCE Chairperson and German Foreign Minister Steinmeier calls for immediate end to fighting in Ukraine
Publishing date: 4 February 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
BERLIN, 4 February 2016 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier today expressed deep concern following the recent increase in ceasefire violations in Eastern Ukraine and called upon all sides to fully comply with the ceasefire and to immediately end all fighting.
Council of Europe and German OSCE Chairmanship: close co-operation for European security
Publishing date: 3 February 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
STRASBOURG, 3 February 2016 – Special Representative for the German Chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Gernot Erler visited the Council of Europe in Strasbourg today to present the OSCE Chairmanship’s programme for 2016.
Full and sustainable ceasefire a basic requirement for peace in Ukraine, say OSCE Chairmanship Special Representative and Chief Monitor
Publishing date: 29 January 2016
Content type: Press release
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 29 January 2016 – A full, sustainable ceasefire remains a basic requirement for peace and normalization of the security situation in Ukraine, said the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group Martin Sajdik and the Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Ertugrul Apakan in their address to the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna on Thursday...