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OSCE and adelphi report: climate change and security offer opportunities for co-operation in South-Eastern Europe
Publishing date: 22 April 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Climate change, Environmental activities
VIENNA, 22 April 2021 – Climate change is a risk multiplier and is affecting economies, the environment and societies in South-Eastern Europe in complex ways, according to a report published today by the OSCE and the Berlin-based think tank adelphi...
OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid concludes visit to Poland
Publishing date: 20 April 2021
Content type: Press release
WARSAW, 20 April 2021 — OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid concluded a one-day visit to Poland for discussions with the Polish President, Andrzej Duda, Foreign Minister, Zbigniew Rau, Deputy Foreign Minister, Marcin Przydacz, and the Polish delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly.
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Linde and Secretary General Schmid discussed recent developments in and around Ukraine
Publishing date: 18 April 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
STOCKHOLM/VIENNA, 18 April 2021 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs Ann Linde, and OSCE Secretary General Helga Schmid have discussed the security situation in and around Ukraine and call for de-escalation.
OSCE and adelphi conclude first regional consultation on climate change and security in South-Eastern Europe
Publishing date: 23 February 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Environmental activities
VIENNA, 23 February 2021 – Opportunities for transboundary co-operation to address climate-related security risks in South-Eastern Europe were virtually presented today to an audience of over 100 participants at the Regional Consultation Process on Climate Change and Security in South-Eastern Europe. The event was the result of a series of three interactive regional consultation workshops and three surveys on climate change and security, organized by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities and the Berlin-based think tank adelphi...
OSCE supports Meeting of Executive Board of Permanent Conference of Prosecutors
Publishing date: 23 February 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, OSCE Secretary General, Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Policing
The programmatic activities for 2021 and a decision on the next host country for its Secretariat were the focus of the meeting of the Executive Board of the Permanent Conference of Organized Crime Prosecutors (PCOCP) held on 23 February 2021.
OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid concludes visit to Sweden, meetings with OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Ann Linde
Publishing date: 10 February 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Secretariat
STOCKHOLM, 10 February 2021 — OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid concluded yesterday a two-day visit to Sweden for discussions with the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Sweden’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Ann Linde.
PA Bureau members hear from OSCE Secretary General, discuss Assembly work in virtual meeting
Publishing date: 26 January 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
COPENHAGEN, 26 January 2021 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Peter Lord Bowness (United Kingdom) and OSCE Secretary General Helga Schmid were among the speakers at today’s meeting of the Assembly leadership, held in an online format. OSCE PA Secretary General Roberto Montella also addressed the meeting, providing an overview of upcoming Assembly activities and ongoing work...