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OSCE Special Representative for Transdniestrian settlement process visits region ahead of official talks in Dublin
Publishing date: 3 February 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
CHIŞINĂU, 3 February 2012- Ambassador Erwan Fouéré, the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the Transdniestrian settlement process, concluded meetings with the political leadership in Chişinău and Tiraspol today...
Head of OSCE Mission concerned by fatal shooting in Transdniestria security zone
Publishing date: 5 January 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
CHISINAU, 5 January 2012 – The Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, Ambassador Philip Remler, today expressed his concern at the fatal shooting in the Security Zone of the Transdniestrian conflict on 1 January...
OSCE Chairperson welcomes exchange of detainees by Tbilisi and Tshkinvali
Publishing date: 30 December 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VILNIUS, 30 December 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, welcomed the exchange of detainees by the authorities in Tbilisi and Tskhinvali today...
OSCE Secretary General discusses tackling organized crime and drugs trafficking with UNODC
Publishing date: 28 December 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General
Meeting with the Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Yury Fedotov, on 22 December 2011 in Vienna, OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier discussed the prospects for closer co-operation to tackle organized crime and drugs trafficking...
18th IPRM meeting takes place in Dvani
Publishing date: 21 December 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
DVANI, 21 December 2011- The 18th IPRM meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism took place in Dvani today. The meeting was co-facilitated by the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM) and the OSCE...
More focus on confidence-building measures in conflict resolution needed, says OSCE Special Representative at Geneva Discussions
Publishing date: 14 December 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
GENEVA, 14 December 2011 – Developing synergies through multiple confidence-building measures and reaching out to different communities can help support efforts towards conflict resolution, said Giedrius Čekuolis, the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for Protracted Conflicts, following the 18 round of the Geneva Discussions today...
Joint Statement by the Heads of Delegation of the Minsk Group Co-Chair Countries and the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 6 December 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Minsk Group
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VILNIUS, 6 December 2011- On the occasion of the OSCE Ministerial Council Meeting in Vilnius, the Heads of Delegation of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries (Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergei Lavrov, Secretary of State of the United States Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Minister for European Affairs of France Jean Leonetti) and the Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov and Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandian reaffirmed the importance of reaching a peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.