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OSCE Chairperson-in-Office meets Minsk Group Co-Chairs to discuss Nagorno-Karabakh mediation efforts
Publishing date: 14 January 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
BERN, 14 January 2014 – Today the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter, received the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group- Ambassadors Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Jacques Faure of France, and James Warlick of the United States of America, and the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, in Bern...
Press Release by the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group
Publishing date: 19 December 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Minsk Group
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
YEREVAN, December 19, 2013- The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Ambassadors Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Jacques Faure of France, and James Warlick of the United States of America) and the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, traveled to the region December 15-19 to discuss recent developments in the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process.
Positive work in Geneva Discussions must be replicated in future, says outgoing OSCE Special Representative for Conflicts Andrii Deshchytsia
Publishing date: 18 December 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
GENEVA, 18 December 2013- The Ukrainian OSCE Chair's Special Representative for Conflicts Ambassador Andrii Deshchytsia has concluded his last meeting of the Geneva International Discussions with a call to maintain the dynamics towards positive solutions...
'Winnie-the-Pooh' play staged with OSCE support for children from both banks of Dniester/Nistru
Publishing date: 18 December 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Youth
On 17 December 2013, a musical adaptation of Alan Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh was staged in the House of Culture of Dorotcaia village with the support of the OSCE Mission to Moldova. The play was performed by Anton Chekhov Russian Drama Theatre based in Chisinau...
Lessons for future efforts in Transdniestrian settlement identified at OSCE seminar in Vienna
Publishing date: 17 December 2013
A seminar organized by the Ukrainian OSCE Chairmanship on the history of OSCE mediation efforts in the Transdniestrian settlement process took place on 16 December 2013 in Vienna. The event brought together former mediators, negotiators and civil society representatives from both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River...
OSCE facilitates reform of government press service in Kyrgyzstan to prevent, resolve conflicts
Publishing date: 16 December 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
BISHKEK, 16 December 2013 – Reform of the Government press-service and development of the state information policy in Kyrgyzstan was topic of today’s OSCE-supported conference in Bishkek.
40th meeting of IPRM in Ergneti addresses local communities' concerns
Publishing date: 9 December 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
ERGNETI, 9 December 2013 – Today, the 40th meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) took place in Ergneti, co-facilitated by Head of EU Monitoring Mission Toivo Klaar and Ambassador Andrii Deshchytsia, the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for Conflicts. Ambassador Angelo Gnaedinger, the Special Representative of the incoming Swiss OSCE Chairmanship, also attended the meeting, which took place in a constructive atmosphere...