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OSCE Chairperson concerned over deadly clashes in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 25 July 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
DUBLIN, 25 July 2012 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Eamon Gilmore, expressed his concern today over the violent clashes in the Gorno-Badakhshan region of Tajikistan that have left at least 42 dead and injured dozens others...
Irish OSCE Chairmanship condemns attack in Burgas
Publishing date: 19 July 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
DUBLIN, 19 July 2012 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Eamon Gilmore, condemned today the attack against Israeli tourists in Burgas, Bulgaria...
2nd extraordinary IPRM meeting takes place in Zardiantkari
Publishing date: 14 July 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
ZARDIANTKARI, Georgia, 14 July 2012- On 14 July 2012, a second extraordinary meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism, co-facilitated by the EUMM and the OSCE, took place in Zardiantkari...
Latest round of 5+2 talks on Transdniestrian settlement concludes in Vienna
Publishing date: 13 July 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 13 July 2012 – Ambassador Erwan Fouéré, the Special Representative of the Chairperson-in-Office for the Transdniestrian settlement process, welcomed the constructive dialogue at official 5+2 talks which concluded in Vienna today and urged participants to redouble efforts to achieve concrete progress...
OSCE meeting focuses on role of election observation in promoting democracy and security
Publishing date: 12 July 2012
Content type: Press release
What we do: Elections
VIENNA, 12 July 2012 – Election observation and the recommendations provided by observation missions of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) are key to promoting democracy and security, participants said today at the opening of a two-day OSCE meeting in Vienna...
OSCE Chairperson strongly regrets Belarus travel ban on civil society activist
Publishing date: 12 July 2012
Content type: Press release
What we do: Human rights
DUBLIN, 12 July 2012 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Eamon Gilmore, expressed his strong regret about the Belarusian authorities’ decision to prevent a Belarusian civil society activist from travelling to an OSCE meeting in Vienna today...
In Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSCE Chairmanship representative urges constructive approach by all political forces to deliver necessary reforms
Publishing date: 9 July 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
SARAJEVO, 9 July 2012- The Representative of the Irish Chair-in-Office of the OSCE, Minister for European Affairs Lucinda Creighton, visiting Bosnia and Herzegovina today urged the authorities to implement vital democratic reforms...
Human rights tops agenda at OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Annual Session
Publishing date: 5 July 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
MONACO, 5 July 2012 – More than 270 parliamentarians from more than 50 countries today opened the 21st Annual Session of the OSCE Parliamentary with an agenda packed with measures to address human rights and security challenges across Europe, Central Asia and North America...
OSCE Chairmanship representative, in Podgorica, welcomes Montenegro’s reform progress, urges further action
Publishing date: 5 July 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
PODGORICA, 5 July 2012- The Representative of the Irish Chair-in- Office of the OSCE, Minister for European Affairs Lucinda Creighton, welcomed Montenegro’s progress in democratic reforms during a visit to Podgorica today...
Extraordinary IPRM meeting takes place in Zardiantkari
Publishing date: 2 July 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
ZARDIANTKARI, 2 July 2012- On 1 July 2012, an extraordinary meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism, co-facilitated by the EUMM and the OSCE, took place in the village of Zardiantkari...