News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office meets Minsk Group Co-Chairs to discuss Nagorno-Karabakh mediation efforts
Publishing date: 14 January 2014
BERN, 14 January 2014 – Today the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter, received the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group- Ambassadors Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Jacques Faure of France, and James Warlick of the United States of America, and the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, in Bern...
OSCE is best safeguard against new divisions between East and West, says new Swiss OSCE Chair
Publishing date: 31 December 2013
BERN, 1 January 2014- Switzerland wants to make a tangible contribution to fostering security and stability, improving people’s lives and strengthening the OSCE’s capacity to act, new OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Switzerland’s Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter, said today, as Switzerland assumed the rotating Chairmanship of the Organization for 2014...
OSCE Chairperson condemns terrorist attack in Volgograd
Publishing date: 29 December 2013
KYIV, 29 December 2013 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara today condemned a terrorist attack at the railway station in the city of Volgograd in the Russian Federation that left some 15 dead and many more wounded...
Positive work in Geneva Discussions must be replicated in future, says outgoing OSCE Special Representative for Conflicts Andrii Deshchytsia
Publishing date: 18 December 2013
GENEVA, 18 December 2013- The Ukrainian OSCE Chair's Special Representative for Conflicts Ambassador Andrii Deshchytsia has concluded his last meeting of the Geneva International Discussions with a call to maintain the dynamics towards positive solutions...
Lessons for future efforts in Transdniestrian settlement identified at OSCE seminar in Vienna
Publishing date: 17 December 2013
A seminar organized by the Ukrainian OSCE Chairmanship on the history of OSCE mediation efforts in the Transdniestrian settlement process took place on 16 December 2013 in Vienna. The event brought together former mediators, negotiators and civil society representatives from both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River...
Statement by the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Foreign Minister of Ukraine Leonid Kozhara on the occasion of Human Rights Day
Publishing date: 10 December 2013
KYIV, 10 December 2013- On the occasion of International Human Rights Day, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara underlined today the important role the OSCE can play in fostering co-operation between participating States in building a community with the highest standards of respect for fundamental human rights and freedoms, and the rule of law...
40th meeting of IPRM in Ergneti addresses local communities' concerns
Publishing date: 9 December 2013
ERGNETI, 9 December 2013 – Today, the 40th meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) took place in Ergneti, co-facilitated by Head of EU Monitoring Mission Toivo Klaar and Ambassador Andrii Deshchytsia, the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for Conflicts. Ambassador Angelo Gnaedinger, the Special Representative of the incoming Swiss OSCE Chairmanship, also attended the meeting, which took place in a constructive atmosphere...