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OSCE Chairperson hails breakthrough in Transdniestrian settlement talks
Publishing date: 18 April 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
DUBLIN, 18 April 2012 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister Eamon Gilmore, welcomed today’s announcement of a breakthrough reached in the OSCE-led negotiations towards a Transdniestrian settlement...
OSCE Chairmanship welcomes agreement on principles and procedures, agenda in Transdniestrian settlement talks
Publishing date: 18 April 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 18 April 2012 – Ambassador Erwan Fouéré, the Special Representative of the Chairperson-in-Office for the Transdniestrian settlement process, welcomed today’s agreement on the principles and procedures for the conduct of formal negotiations as well as the agenda for the process...
OSCE Chairperson welcomes release of Belarusian opposition leader, calls on President to free others
Publishing date: 15 April 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
DUBLIN, 15 April 2012 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister Eamon Gilmore, today said he was relieved that Belarusian opposition leader Andrei Sannikov has been released from custody under a presidential amnesty and called on President Aleksandr Lukashenko to free all remaining jailed opponents...
OSCE Chairperson extends condolences, calls for swift investigation into tragic murders near Skopje
Publishing date: 13 April 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
DUBLIN, 13 April 2012 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister Eamon Gilmore, today expressed his condolences to the families of five ethnic Macedonians murdered last night in a village near Skopje...
OSCE Chairmanship welcomes agreement by sides in Transdniestrian settlement to resume rail services
Publishing date: 30 March 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
DUBLIN, 30 March 2012- Ambassador Erwan Fouéré, the Special Representative of the Chairperson-in-Office for the Trandniestrian settlement process, welcomed today’s agreement allowing the resumption of full rail traffic through the region...
OSCE Chairmanship highlights importance of freedom of movement in areas affected by 2008 conflict in Georgia
Publishing date: 29 March 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
GENEVA, 29 March 2012 – Speaking today at the 19th round of the Geneva International Discussions, Pádraig Murphy, the OSCE Chairmanship’s Special Representative for the South Caucasus, appealed to the participants to urgently address the problems faced by refugees and internally displaced populations.
ODIHR Director, OSCE Chairmanship representatives welcome French investigation of anti-Semitic and racial motives in Toulouse shootings
Publishing date: 20 March 2012
Content type: Press release
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
BISHKEK, 20 March 2012 – Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, the ODIHR Director, today condemned the attack that killed four people outside a Jewish school in Toulouse, France on Monday, and welcomed actions by the French authorities to investigate this and the shootings of French soldiers last week as anti-Semitic or racially motivated crimes...
21st IPRM meeting takes place in Ergneti
Publishing date: 20 March 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
ERGNETI, 20 March 2012- The 21st meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) took place in Ergneti today. The meeting was co-facilitated by the EU Monitoring Mission and the OSCE...
Promoting gender equality and women’s rights must be a priority for all OSCE states, says Chairperson on International Women’s Day
Publishing date: 8 March 2012
DUBLIN, 8 March 2012 – Promoting gender equality and ensuring women’s participation in political, public and economic spheres must be central to the work of the OSCE and all 56 participating States, said the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister Eamon Gilmore today marking International Women’s Day...
OSCE Chairperson welcomes progress in Transdniestrian settlement talks
Publishing date: 29 February 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution