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Conflict resolution re-energized, OSCE Chairman tells UN Security Council
Publishing date: 26 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
NEW YORK, 26 September 2008- The OSCE is re-energizing its work on conflict resolution and crisis management, the Organization's Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb, told the UN Security Council today...
OSCE Chairmanship countries discuss Georgia, pledge enhanced co-ordination ahead of December Ministerial Council
Publishing date: 23 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
NEW YORK, 23 September 2008- Foreign Ministers from the five countries holding the 2007-2011 OSCE Chairmanships met today at the invitation of this year's OSCE Chairman-in-Office to discuss Georgia and ways to strengthen OSCE action.
OSCE Chairmanship says no further talks for now on additional monitors for Georgia
Publishing date: 18 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 18 September 2008- The Finnish Chairmanship of the OSCE's decision-making Permanent Council made the following statement today: "The Chairmanship regrets to inform the OSCE participating States that negotiations on the draft decision on...
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...
OSCE official urges States to put victims' rights at the centre when investigating and prosecuting human trafficking cases
Publishing date: 10 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
HELSINKI, 10 September 2008- The OSCE Special Representative for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Eva Biaudet, urged OSCE participating States today to put victims' rights at the centre when investigating and prosecuting human trafficking cases...
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 welcomes release of prisoners in Belarus
Publishing date: 22 August 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
HELSINKI, 22 August 2008- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb, welcomed today the Belarusian authorities' release of prisoners Aleksandr Kozulin, Andrey Kim, and Sergei Parsyukevich...
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...