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Italy to chair the OSCE in 2018
Publishing date: 29 July 2016
Italy is to chair the OSCE in 2018, following a consensus decision of the OSCE’s 57 participating States on 27 July 2016. “This decision fully represents the recognition of our country’s commitment and desire to actively contribute to peace and stability in Europe,” said Italy’s Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni in Rome, welcoming the decision...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Steinmeier stresses role of human rights and rule of law during visit to Council of Europe
Publishing date: 14 October 2016
STRASBOURG, France, 14 October 2016 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, in an address on Thursday to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council in Europe in Strasbourg, underlined the important role that the Council of Europe plays in addressing many of the serious security challenges in Europe, thus highlighting the strong potential for dialogue and co-operation between the OSCE and the Council of Europe...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Steinmeier and Secretary General Zannier offer sympathies over death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand
Publishing date: 13 October 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
VIENNA, 13 October 2016- OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier today expressed condolences to the Royal Family and the People of Thailand on the passing of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej...
Annual OSCE-wide Anti-Drug Conference in Vienna explores how to support States in implementing UNGASS 2016 outcome document
Publishing date: 13 October 2016
VIENNA, 13 October 2016 – Some 200 representatives of OSCE participating States, government authorities, experts from drug-related agencies, as well as international, regional and civil society organizations and the private sector are meeting today and tomorrow in Vienna to discuss how to implement the outcome document of the UN General Assembly Special Session on the world drug problem (UNGASS 2016), which was agreed in New York in April...
OSCE Special Representative for Transdniestrian Settlement underscores need for result-oriented dialogue
Publishing date: 12 October 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
CHISINAU, 12 October 2016 – The Special Representative of the German OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the Transdniestrian Settlement Process, Cord Meier-Klodt, today concluded his seventh visit to the region in 2016 to meet with chief negotiators in Chisinau and Tiraspol...
ODIHR Director Link and OSCE Chair Special Representative Erler express concern over listing of Russian organisation Memorial as a “foreign agent”
Publishing date: 7 October 2016
Content type: Press release
What we do: Human rights
WARSAW/BERLIN, 7 October 2016 –Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and Gernot Erler, Special Representative of the German OSCE Chairmanship expressed their concern that the human rights group International Historical, Educational, Charitable and Human Rights Society “Memorial” was named a “foreign agent” by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation earlier this week...
OSCE Chairperson and OSCE Secretary General congratulate António Guterres on his appointment as UN Secretary-General
Publishing date: 6 October 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretary General
BERLIN/VIENNA, 6 October 2016- Following the UN Security Council decision to appoint António Guterres as the new UN Secretary-General, OSCE Chairperson-in Office and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier expressed their heartfelt congratulations and praised the choice. Steinmeier said he hoped for enormous support in the UN General Assembly, which would give Guterres a strong mandate for leadership of the United Nations...
Press Statement of OSCE Chair Special Representative Sajdik after meeting of the Trilateral Contact Group in Minsk on 5 October 2016
Publishing date: 6 October 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
MINSK, 6 October 2016 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), Martin Sajdik, made the following press statement after the meeting of the TCG and its four Working Groups in Minsk on Wednesday, 5 October 2016...
Press Communiqué of Co-Chairs of Geneva International Discussions
Publishing date: 5 October 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
GENEVA, Switzerland, 5 October 2016- The thirty-seventh round of the Geneva International Discussions has just ended.
Disengagement is a key step towards full and sustainable ceasefire in Ukraine, say OSCE Chairmanship’s Special Representative and SMM Chief Monitor
Publishing date: 5 October 2016
Content type: Press release
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 5 October 2016 – Disengagement is a key step towards a full and sustainable ceasefire in Ukraine and the sides need to do more to make it a reality on the ground, 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 (SMM) to Ukraine Ertugrul Apakan in their addresses yesterday to the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna...