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OSCE meeting fosters co-operation to reduce environmental threats, says Chairman
Publishing date: 21 May 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities, Good governance
PRAGUE, 21 May 2007- Global security will be increasingly at risk because of man-made environmental threats, but with the right political will and co-operation threats can be reduced, the OSCE Chairman said today.
OSCE Chairman pledges full support for mediators' Nagorno-Karabakh peace efforts
Publishing date: 10 May 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
MADRID, 10 May 2007- OSCE Chairman Miguel Angel Moratinos met the three Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group and pledged full support for their intensive mediation efforts to assist the parties in finding a resolution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict...
OSCE Chairman condemns threats against monitors in zone of Georgian-Ossetian conflict
Publishing date: 9 May 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
MADRID, 9 May 2007- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, has condemned the actions of a group of men who said they were South Ossetian 'militia' who fired weapons and threatened a Joint Peacekeeping Forces...
OSCE Chairman welcomes agreement on early elections in Ukraine
Publishing date: 4 May 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
MADRID, 4 May 2007- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, said today he was glad that a breakthrough agreement was reached in negotiations between Ukraine's top political leaders to hold early elections...
OSCE, Council of Europe discuss closer co-operation at Madrid meeting
Publishing date: 3 May 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Partnerships
MADRID, 3 May 2007- The OSCE Chairman, the Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, and the Secretaries General of the two organizations discussed closer co-operation between the organizations at a meeting in Madrid today...
OSCE Chairman concerned about events in Tallinn and Moscow
Publishing date: 3 May 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
MADRID, 3 May 2007- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, expressed his concern today over the events that followed the removal of the WWII memorial of the "Bronze Soldier" in Tallinn and protests in front...
OSCE an appropriate forum for missile defence discussions, says Organization's Chairman
Publishing date: 28 April 2007
MADRID, 28 April 2007- The OSCE Chairman Miguel Angel Moratinos said today he agreed with Russian President Vladimir Putin that the Organization was an appropriate forum to discuss Washington's missile defence proposals...
OSCE Chairman's envoy heads to Moldova for meetings on Transdniestria problem
Publishing date: 23 April 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
MADRID, 23 April 2007- Ambassador Jose Pons, the Spanish Foreign Ministry's Director General for Europe and North America, was travelling to Moldova today to discuss the Transdniestrian problem. He travels on the instructions of the OSCE Chairman...
OSCE Chairman expresses condolences to Russia on death of Boris Yeltsin
Publishing date: 23 April 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
MADRID, 23 April 2007- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, expressed his condolences to Russia today after the death of former President Boris Yeltsin was announced in Moscow.
OSCE Chairman calls for calm and dialogue in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 21 April 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization
MADRID, 21 April 2007- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, called today for calm in Kyrgyzstan and urged the country's politicians to engage in constructive dialogue to resolve the political impasse...