News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Toxic rocket fuel component fully removed from Eastern Ukraine with OSCE support
Publishing date: 4 September 2013
SHEVCHENKOVE, Ukraine, 4 September 2013 – Seven-hundred and sixty tonnes of mélange, a highly toxic Soviet-era rocket fuel component, were shipped today from Ukraine to Russia to be processed into chemical products for civilian use, under an OSCE-supported project...
OSCE Chairperson pledges continued co-operation with Parliamentary Assembly, support for election observation
Publishing date: 30 August 2013
On 30 August 2013 the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Foreign Minister of Ukraine Leonid Kozhara had a telephone conversation with President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Ranko Krivokapic. Leonid Kozhara reiterated a great importance that the Ukrainian OSCE Chairmanship attaches to the activities of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and stressed the readiness to continue close co-operation with this institution...
36th Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism meeting takes place in Ergneti
Publishing date: 30 July 2013
ERGNETI, 30 July 2013- The 36th meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) took place today in Ergneti, co-facilitated by the Head of the EU Monitoring Mission (EUMM) a.i. Gerard A. Fischer, and Ambassador Andrii Deshchytsia, the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for Conflicts...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office welcomes adoption of mandate for OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku
Publishing date: 26 July 2013
KYIV, 26 July 2013 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Foreign Minister of Ukraine Leonid Kozhara today welcomed the consensus reached by the OSCE participating States on the mandate of the OSCE field presence in Azerbaijan...
Ways to prevent online illicit drug trade discussed at OSCE meeting in Vienna
Publishing date: 25 July 2013
VIENNA, 25 July 2013 – Challenges, best practices and co-operation between countries and organizations in preventing and combating illicit drug trade on the Internet are key themes of an OSCE conference that started in Vienna today...
OSCE Youth Summit opens in Ukraine with focus on diversity, peaceful development, stability
Publishing date: 20 July 2013
CRIMEA, Ukraine, 20 July 2013 – The OSCE Youth Summit, organized by the Ukrainian OSCE Chairmanship, started today in the International Children’s Center “Artek” in Crimea, bringing together more than 500 young people from across the OSCE participating States and Partners for Co-operation...
OSCE committed to further efforts aimed at peaceful resolution of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, says OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on a visit to Armenia
Publishing date: 17 July 2013
YEREVAN, 15 July 2013 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara, on a visit in Armenia discussed the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement and other OSCE-related issues with the Armenian President, Serzh Sargsyan, Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and the President of the National Assembly (Parliament), Hovik Abrahamyan...