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OSCE Chairperson-in-Office welcomes resumption of direct dialogue between leadership of Chisinau and Tiraspol
Publishing date: 19 September 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
KYIV, 19 September 2013 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Leonid Kozhara welcomes the agreement reached on a meeting of the Moldovan Prime Minister Iurie Leancă and Transdniestrian leader Yevgeniy Shevchuk, scheduled for 23 September in Tiraspol...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office strongly condemns deadly attack on EULEX personnel in Kosovo, calls to bring perpetrators to justice
Publishing date: 19 September 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission in Kosovo
KYIV, 19 September 2013 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara, strongly condemned today the attack on a EULEX convoy, which led to the death of one EULEX staff member in Zvečan/Zveçan Municipality in northern Kosovo...
37th IPRM meeting, with focus on freedom of movement issues, takes place in Ergneti
Publishing date: 16 September 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
ERGNETI, 16 September 2013- Today, the 37th meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) took place in Ergneti, co-facilitated by Head of EUMM a.i. Gerard A. Fischer and Ambassador Andrii Deshchytsia, the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for Conflicts...
OSCE meeting in Prague addresses environmental impact of energy-related activities
Publishing date: 11 September 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
PRAGUE, 11 September 2013 – Ukrainian Foreign Minister, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Leonid Kozhara opened today a three-day OSCE conference in Prague which gathered representatives of the OSCE participating States, international and non-governmental organizations as well as experts to discuss how the OSCE can contribute to energy sustainability and prevent adverse environmental impacts of energy-related activities...
Toxic rocket fuel component fully removed from Eastern Ukraine with OSCE support
Publishing date: 4 September 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Forum for Security Co-operation
What we do: Arms control, Environmental activities
SHEVCHENKOVE, Ukraine, 4 September 2013 – Seven-hundred and sixty tonnes of mélange, a highly toxic Soviet-era rocket fuel component, were shipped today from Ukraine to Russia to be processed into chemical products for civilian use, under an OSCE-supported project...
OSCE Representative on Freedom of Media Dunja Mijatović reappointed
Publishing date: 7 March 2013
The 57 OSCE participating States unanimously agreed on 7 March 2013 to reappoint the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović of Bosnia and Herzegovina, to a second three-year term...
Promoting tolerance, non-discrimination key topics of discussion by OSCE Chair-in-Office’s Special Envoy, Personal Representatives
Publishing date: 22 February 2013
The OSCE Chair-in-Office’s Special Envoy Viacheslav Yatsiuk met with the OSCE Chairperson’s Personal Representatives on tolerance and non-discrimination Senator Adil Akhmetov, Rabbi Andrew Baker and Ambassador Tetiana Izhevska, in Vienna on 21 February 2013...
36th Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism meeting takes place in Ergneti
Publishing date: 30 July 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
ERGNETI, 30 July 2013- The 36th meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) took place today in Ergneti, co-facilitated by the Head of the EU Monitoring Mission (EUMM) a.i. Gerard A. Fischer, and Ambassador Andrii Deshchytsia, the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for Conflicts...
Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization Secretary General tells OSCE Permanent Council joint work essential
Publishing date: 13 February 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council
What we do: Economic activities
The collective efforts and expertise of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) and the OSCE will contribute to enhanced prosperity, stability and security, BSEC Secretary General Ambassador Victor Tvircun told the OSCE Permanent Council – the Organization’s key decision making body- in Vienna on 14 February 2013...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office welcomes adoption of mandate for OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku
Publishing date: 26 July 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
KYIV, 26 July 2013 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Foreign Minister of Ukraine Leonid Kozhara today welcomed the consensus reached by the OSCE participating States on the mandate of the OSCE field presence in Azerbaijan...