News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, OSCE Chair urges renewed efforts to fight intolerance, stressing importance of youth human rights education
Publishing date: 26 January 2013
KYIV, 27 January 2013 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara, marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day today with a call to honour the victims with renewed efforts to fight intolerance, discrimination and hate crimes...
On anniversary of Elysée Treaty, OSCE Chair stresses the importance of confidence building and promoting reconciliation
Publishing date: 22 January 2013
CHISINAU, 22 January 2013 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara, speaking on today’s 50th anniversary of the Elysée Treaty between Germany and France, underlined its historic importance in reconciliation in Europe and stressed that it should inspire greater efforts in confidence building throughout the OSCE region...
OSCE Chairperson, in Moldova, urges leaders to intensify efforts ahead of Transdniestrian settlement talks
Publishing date: 21 January 2013
CHISINAU, 21 January 2013- The OSCE Chairperson, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara, on an official visit in Chisinau today, urged the Moldovan and Transdniestrian leadership to prepare the ground for progress in the coming months' Transdniestrian settlement talks...
Protracted conflicts, human trafficking and media freedom amongst Ukraine’s OSCE 2013 priorities
Publishing date: 17 January 2013
VIENNA, 17 January 2013- Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara today announced his country’s priorities for the 2013 OSCE Chairmanship, with the progress on resolution of protracted conflicts, combating trafficking in human beings and promotion of the media freedom amongst key issues...
OSCE Chairperson calls for dialogue following incident in southern Kyrgyz-Uzbek border region
Publishing date: 7 January 2013
KYIV, 7 January 2013- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Leonid Kozhara, called today for restraint and dialogue following an incident between residents in the southern border region of Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan...
Protracted conflicts, arms control, trafficking in human beings top agenda as Ukraine takes over OSCE Chair
Publishing date: 31 December 2012
KYIV, 1 January 2013 – Ukraine will seek to make progress on resolving protracted conflicts, strengthening conventional arms control, combating human trafficking, reducing the environmental impact of energy-related activities, and protecting human rights and fundamental freedoms as OSCE Chair in 2013 the new OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara, said today...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office offers condolences over plane crash in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 26 December 2012
The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Eamon Gilmore, extended his condolences to the families of those killed in the crash of a military plane near Shymkent in southern Kazakhstan on 25 December 2012...