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Maintaining a constant commitment to human rights the foundation of real security, say speakers at OSCE conference in Warsaw
Publishing date: 19 September 2016
Content type: Press release
What we do: Human rights
WARSAW, 19 September 2016- OSCE participating States must focus on their commitments to defend human rights to effectively retain real security, speakers said at the opening of the 20th OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) in Warsaw today...
OSCE Chairmanship expresses concern about possible escalation in Nagorno-Karabakh
Publishing date: 6 May 2016
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
BERLIN, 6 May 2016- Regarding the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the spokesperson of the Federal Foreign Office of Germany expressed today concern about the situation at the Line of Contact.
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Steinmeier, in eastern Ukraine, praises work of Special Monitoring Mission and welcomes recommitment by the sides to the cease-fire
Publishing date: 15 September 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
KRAMATORSK, 15 September 2016- On the second day of his visit to Ukraine, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, together with French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, visited the Patrol Hub of the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) in the city of Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine. They also met with internally displaced persons (IDP) in Sloviansk. The ministers were accompanied by OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office visits Ukraine for political talks and to meet monitors of the Special Monitoring Mission together with OSCE Secretary General
Publishing date: 14 September 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
BERLIN / KYIV, 14 September 2016- German Foreign Minister and OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Frank-Walter Steinmeier has embarked on a two-day visit to Ukraine, starting with political talks in Kyiv today. Steinmeier’s meetings with President Petro Poroshenko, Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman and members of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine will take place together with French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, thus reflecting the close and continuous political partnership of Germany and France in the framework of the so-called Normandy format...
Good governance crucial to achieving sustainable development, strengthening stability and security in OSCE region, say Forum participants in Prague
Publishing date: 14 September 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
PRAGUE, 14 September 2016 – Good governance is crucial to achieving sustainable development, strengthening stability and security within the OSCE region, highlighted participants at the 24th OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum which opened today in Prague...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Special Representative Sajdik calls for sustainable ceasefire in Ukraine during Russian Federation visit
Publishing date: 12 September 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
BERLIN, 12 September 2016- The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), Ambassador Martin Sajdik, had meetings in Moscow, from 8 to 10 September, with the Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation, Sergey Lavrov, the Aide to the President of the Russian Federation, Vladislav Surkov, as well as with the representatives of the Russian Federation in the TCG, Boris Gryzlov and Azamat Kulmukhametov...
German OSCE Chairmanship sharply condemns latest nuclear test in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Publishing date: 9 September 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
BERLIN, 9 September 2016- Germany, also in its capacity as the OSCE Chairmanship in 2016, has declared its sharp condemnation of the latest nuclear test in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Steinmeier visits Albania, reiterates support for Albanian institutions and its citizens
Publishing date: 16 June 2016
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier visited Tirana on 14 June 2016, where he expressed the OSCE’s commitment to a long-term partnership and support for Albania’s institutions and its citizens...
Statement by Ambassador Martin Sajdik after today’s meeting of the Trilateral Contact Group in Minsk
Publishing date: 7 September 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
MINSK, 7 September 2016- Ambassador Martin Sajdik, Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG) on the implementation of the peace plan in eastern Ukraine, made the following press statement after today's meeting of the TCG and its four Working Groups in Minsk...
OSCE Special Representative calls on states to prevent human trafficking through ethical sourcing in supply chains
Publishing date: 7 September 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
BERLIN, 7 September 2016- A two-day high-level conference focusing on the prevention of human trafficking for labour exploitation in supply chains, organized by the OSCE Office of the Special Representative for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings in co-operation with the German OSCE Chairmanship, opened today in Berlin...