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OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Lajčák stresses crucial role of parliamentarians at Winter Meeting of OSCE Parliamentary Assembly

Publishing date: 21 February 2019
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 21 February 2019 – At today’s opening of the 18th Winter Meeting of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Chairperson-in-Office and Minister for Foreign and European Affairs, Miroslav Lajčák acknowledged the crucial role of parliamentarians in ensuring that the OSCE’s work stays focused on people...

OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Secretary General welcome ratification of the Prespa Agreement

Publishing date: 25 January 2019
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretary General
DAVOS, Switzerland, 25 January 2019 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Slovakia’s Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajčák and OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger today welcomed the ratification of the Prespa Agreement by the Hellenic Parliament and commended the governments in Athens and Skopje for their commitment to pursuing peace and stability in the region.

Statement regarding the interview of OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger published in Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung on 24 December 2018

Publishing date: 26 December 2018
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Secretariat
Following the publication, on 24 December 2018, of the interview conducted by the German newspaper Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung with OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger...

Strengthening OSCE-EU co-operation discussed at first annual high-level meeting held in Brussels

Publishing date: 13 December 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Cyber/ICT Security, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections, Good governance, Countering terrorism
Improving institutional interaction and furthering co-operation between the OSCE and the EU in areas of common interest across all three OSCE security dimensions – politico-military, economic and environmental and human – was the focus of the first-ever EU–OSCE annual high-level meeting, held on 12 December in Brussels.

OSCE receives recommendations from Parallel Civil Society Conference ahead of Ministerial Council in Milan

Publishing date: 5 December 2018
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Human rights, Good governance, Media freedom and development, Roma and Sinti, Rule of law
Milan, 5 December 2018 – On the eve of the 25th OSCE Ministerial Council, top-level OSCE representatives attended the closing session of the OSCE Parallel Civil Society Conference that took place today. They received recommendations directed at the OSCE’s executive and political bodies, institutions and participating States.

OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Moavero Milanesi and Secretary General Greminger call for restraint, dialogue to de-escalate tensions in area of Azov Sea

Publishing date: 27 November 2018
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA/ROME, 27 November 2018- OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Enzo Moavero Milanesi and Secretary General Thomas Greminger today called for restraint and dialogue to de-escalate the already tense situation in the Azov Sea and the Kerch Strait.

We’ll continue to support students who want changes that lead to a better future, say Jajce school students, winners of 2018 Max van der Stoel Award

Publishing date: 9 November 2018
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Education, National minority issues
THE HAGUE, 9 November 2018 – “We will continue to support not only the students of Jajce, but also any other student who wants changes that will lead to a better future,” said Azra Keljalić, a student and President of the Student Council of Jajce Vocational School, as she accepted the 2018 Max van der Stoel Award on behalf of high school students from Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina, at a ceremony in The Hague today...