News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Ergneti IPRM 50th meeting completed today, OSCE and EUMM co-facilitators commend participants’ continued engagement
Publishing date: 17 November 2014
ERGNETI, 17 November 2014- At today’s 50th meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) the co-facilitators, Toivo Klaar, the Head of the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM), and Ambassador Angelo Gnaedinger, OSCE Special Representative of the Swiss OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the South Caucasus, commended and thanked participants for their continuing engagement...
Anti-Semitism remains a challenge to security in the OSCE region, say participants at high-level OSCE conference in Berlin
Publishing date: 13 November 2014
BERLIN, 13 November 2014 – Political leaders, governmental officials and civil society representatives from across the OSCE region gathered in Berlin today for a conference to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the OSCE’s Berlin Declaration on Anti-Semitism and to discuss challenges posed by contemporary anti-Semitism...
Concerned about violent incident at Line of Contact, CiO calls on Azerbaijan and Armenia to strictly adhere to ceasefire
Publishing date: 13 November 2014
BERN, 13 November 2014 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Swiss Foreign Minister, Didier Burkhalter, expressed his deep concern about yesterday's downing of a helicopter near the Line of Contact. He appeals to the Presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia to do their utmost to prevent such incidents and to honour the ceasefire regime.
Governments need to step up their efforts to address anti-Semitism, say participants at OSCE Civil Society Forum
Publishing date: 12 November 2014
BERLIN, 12 November 2014 – Political will on the part of governments and partnership with civil society are crucial in addressing challenges related to contemporary anti-Semitism in the OSCE region, participants at an OSCE conference said today in Berlin...
Concerned about latest SMM reports of activities undermining Minsk commitments, OSCE Chair calls on all sides to preserve and consolidate ceasefire
Publishing date: 8 November 2014
Bern, November 8, 2014- With reference to the latest reporting of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission regarding shelling and its victims in Donetsk and the appearance of convoys of heavy weapons and tanks in territory controlled by illegally armed groups, Swiss Foreign Minister and OSCE Chairperson-in-Office said he was very concerned about a resurgence of violence in the eastern regions of Ukraine and about activities leading to more fragility instead of further stabilization of the situation.
Confidence building measures to enhance cybersecurity in focus at OSCE meeting in Vienna
Publishing date: 7 November 2014
VIENNA, 7 November 2014 – Cyber-security experts and representatives of the private sector, think-tanks and academia are meeting in Vienna today to discuss the implementation so far of a ground-breaking set of Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) agreed by OSCE participating States last year on reducing the risk of conflict stemming from the use of information and communication technologies (ICT), while exploring how the development of additional CBMs could be boosted.
Geneva International Discussions remain unique and indispensable forum, Co-chairs tell OSCE Permanent Council
Publishing date: 6 November 2014
VIENNA, 6 November 2014 – When addressing the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna today, the co-chairs of the Geneva International Discussions (GID) stressed that the Geneva process is the only platform bringing together all stakeholders to discuss security-related issues and to work on the humanitarian needs of the conflict-affected population. The co-chairs urged participants in the GID to work constructively in order to achieve progress in addressing the consequences of the 2008 conflict in Georgia...