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Statement by the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs
Publishing date: 7 May 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Minsk Group
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
PRAGUE, 7 May 2009- The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group- Ambassador Yury Merzlyakov of Russia, Ambassador Bernard Fassier of France and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Matthew Bryza of the United States- have today issued the following statement:
OSCE Special Representative says Organization's Georgia monitors are needed on both sides of administrative boundary line
Publishing date: 30 April 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 30 April 2009- OSCE unarmed military monitoring officers in Georgia need to be deployed on both sides of the administrative boundary line, the Chairperson-in-Office's Special Representative, Ambassador Charalampos Christopoulos, said today...
Mediators and Observers meet on Transnistria conflict
Publishing date: 28 April 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 28 April 2009- Ambassador Charalampos Christopoulos, Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, released the following statement today on behalf of the Mediators and Observers in the Transnistria settlement process (the "3+2"):..
OSCE Chairperson relieved unarmed monitors freed by South Ossetian authorities, says detention was unacceptable
Publishing date: 21 April 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
ATHENS, 21 April 2009- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis, welcomed the release of two unarmed OSCE Military Monitoring Officers by South Ossetian authorities but described their detention as wholly unacceptable...
OSCE's human rights body supports launch of guide aiming to reduce prejudice against Muslims in Spain
Publishing date: 20 April 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
MADRID, 20 April 2009- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Casa Arabe Consortium today launched the Reference Guide on Muslims in Spain, a book that aims to raise awareness about anti-Muslim prejudices...
OSCE, UN and EU announce next round of Geneva discussions, to take place 18-19 May
Publishing date: 16 April 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
GENEVA, 16 April 2009- The three Co-Chairs of the Geneva discussions on Georgia made the following announcement today...
OSCE Mission to Moldova condemns post-election violence and appeals to all sides for restraint
Publishing date: 7 April 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections
CHISINAU, 7 April 2009- The Head of the OSCE's Mission to Moldova, Ambassador Philip Remler, condemned today's outbreak of violence in the Moldovan capital following Sunday's parliamentary elections and urged all political sides to do their utmost to...