News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Political leaders have primary role in countering discrimination and prejudice against Roma and Sinti, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and ODIHR Director say on International Roma Day
Publishing date: 8 April 2016
BERLIN/WARSAW, 8 April 2016 – Political leaders must play a primary role in in countering discrimination and prejudice against Roma and Sinti and improving their situation, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Germany’s Federal Foreign Minister, and Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), said today, on the occasion of International Roma Day../
Mandate of the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk extended by three months to 31 July 2016
Publishing date: 7 April 2016
VIENNA, 7 April 2016 – The OSCE Permanent Council today decided to extend the mandate of the OSCE Observer Mission at the Russian border checkpoints of Gukovo and Donetsk by three months, until 31 July 2016...
Communiqué of the mediators and observers following their visit to Chisinau and Tiraspol
Publishing date: 6 April 2016
CHISINAU, 6 April 2016- On 5 and 6 April 2016, visits to Chisinau and Tiraspol were made by the mediators and the observers in the Permanent Conference on Political Issues in the Framework of the Negotiation Process on the Transdniestrian Settlement in the 5+2 format...
OSCE participating States discuss recent escalation in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone
Publishing date: 5 April 2016
VIENNA, 5 April 2016- At a special meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna, Ambassador James Warlick, representing the three Co-Chairs of the Minsk Group, and the Personal Representative of the Chairperson-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, informed the 57 OSCE participating States about recent developments in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office calls on the sides in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict to cease hostilities immediately
Publishing date: 2 April 2016
BERLIN, 2 April- OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier is actively involved in the efforts to de-escalate the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. He is extremely concerned about the situation, as the ceasefire violations seem to have reached a new quality compared to previous years...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Steinmeier expresses concern over developments in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone
Publishing date: 2 April 2016
BERLIN, 2 April 2016- With respect to the situation in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said today in Berlin:...
OSCE Chairmanship Special Representative Gernot Erler welcomes release by Azerbaijan of human rights activist Intiqam Aliyev
Publishing date: 1 April 2016
BERLIN, 1 April 2016- Gernot Erler, Special Representative of the Federal Government of Germany for the OSCE Chairmanship, issued the following statement today on the decision by the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan to release the lawyer and human rights defender Intiqam Aliyev from imprisonment on 28 March 2016...