News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairmanship Special Representative, Gernot Erler calls for immediate release of Nadiya Savchenko
Publishing date: 9 March 2016
BERLIN, 9 March 2016 – Gernot Erler, Special Representative of the German Government for the OSCE Chairmanship, expressed today great concern following reports concerning the health of Nadiya Savchenko, the Ukrainian pilot imprisoned in the Russian Federation.
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Steinmeier and OSCE Secretary General Zannier strongly condemn horrific attack by extremist gunmen in Tunisia
Publishing date: 8 March 2016
BERLIN/VIENNA, 8 March 2016 – OSCE Chairperson‑in‑Office, Federal Foreign Minister Frank‑Walter Steinmeier and OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier today condemned the horrific attack by violent extremist gunmen on military barracks in the Tunisian town of Ben Guerdane, bordering Libya...
OSCE Chairperson’s Special Representative for Gender Issues and ODIHR Director call on states to prioritize economic, political and social parity
Publishing date: 8 March 2016
VIENNA / WARSAW, 8 March 2016 – OSCE participating States must take more action to close the gender gap in the nearest future, Ambassador Melanne Verveer, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office’s Special Representative for Gender Issues, and Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) said today, on International Women’s Day...
OSCE Chair Special Representative presents independent expert’s report on three persons missing since shortly after the 2008 conflict in Georgia
Publishing date: 2 March 2016
VIENNA, 2 March 2016 – During his visits to Tbilisi and Tskhinvali in advance of the 35th round of the Geneva International Discussions, the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the South Caucasus, Ambassador Guenther Baechler, handed over a report relating to a case of three persons who disappeared shortly after the 2008 conflict in Georgia.
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Steinmeier in address to UN Security Council stresses need to strengthen ties between OSCE and UN in turbulent times
Publishing date: 29 February 2016
NEW YORK 29 February 2016 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier briefed today the United Nations (UN) Security Council on the priorities of the German 2016 Chairmanship.
63rd IPRM meeting takes place in Ergneti
Publishing date: 24 February 2016
ERGNETI, 24 February 2016- The 63rd meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) took place today in Ergneti, co-facilitated by Kęstutis Jankauskas, the Head of the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM), and Guenther Baechler, the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the South Caucasus...
Comprehensive approach to countering intolerance against Muslims the focus of OSCE conference in Vienna
Publishing date: 19 February 2016
Identifying strategies to counter intolerance against Muslims was the focus of a conference organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the 2016 German Chairmanship, in Vienna on 19 February 2016.