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OSCE Chairperson condemns North Korean nuclear test as threat to stability in region
Publishing date: 25 May 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
ATHENS, 25 May 2009- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis, expressed deep concern today about North Korea's declared nuclear test and called for a resolute and measured response from the international community...
OSCE Chairmanship welcomes steady progress at Geneva discussions on Georgia
Publishing date: 19 May 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
GENEVA, 19 May 2009- The Greek OSCE Chairmanship said it welcomed the steady progress made at the latest round of Geneva Discussions that ended today...
Economic crisis sharpens need for effective migration management, say OSCE Forum participants
Publishing date: 18 May 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities, Migration
ATHENS, 18 May 2009- Policymakers and high-level experts are in Athens to discuss effective labour migration management at the OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum which started today against the backdrop of the global economic and financial crisis...
OSCE, EU and UN Co-Chairs of Geneva Discussions issue statement
Publishing date: 18 May 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
GENEVA, 18 May 2009- The Co-Chairs of the Geneva Discussions- the UN, OSCE and EU- issued the following statement today:
OSCE Chairmanship suspends talks on continued OSCE presence in Georgia
Publishing date: 14 May 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Democratization, Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 14 May 2009- The Chairperson of the OSCE Permanent Council, Greek Ambassador Mara Marinaki, said today the OSCE Chairmanship had suspended negotiations on a continued OSCE presence in Georgia until further notice...
OSCE Chairperson urges renewed commitment to peaceful resolution on 15th anniversary of Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire
Publishing date: 12 May 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Arms control, Border management, Conflict prevention and resolution
ATHENS, 11 May 2009- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis, expressed hope today that the parties to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict would make further progress towards a peaceful settlement...
Expert meeting focuses on OSCE role in advancing European security dialogue
Publishing date: 8 May 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
VIENNA, 8 May 2009- The OSCE is the right forum for taking forward discussions on the future of European security, said participants at the start of an expert meeting on a European security dialogue held by the Austrian Foreign Ministry today...
OSCE Special Representative says Organization's Georgia monitors are needed on both sides of administrative boundary line
Publishing date: 30 April 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 30 April 2009- OSCE unarmed military monitoring officers in Georgia need to be deployed on both sides of the administrative boundary line, the Chairperson-in-Office's Special Representative, Ambassador Charalampos Christopoulos, said today...
Mediators and Observers meet on Transnistria conflict
Publishing date: 28 April 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 28 April 2009- Ambassador Charalampos Christopoulos, Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, released the following statement today on behalf of the Mediators and Observers in the Transnistria settlement process (the "3+2"):..
OSCE Chairperson relieved unarmed monitors freed by South Ossetian authorities, says detention was unacceptable
Publishing date: 21 April 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
ATHENS, 21 April 2009- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis, welcomed the release of two unarmed OSCE Military Monitoring Officers by South Ossetian authorities but described their detention as wholly unacceptable...