News and press releases

DUBLIN, 5 December 2012 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Eamon Gilmore today welcomed foreign ministers from the 57 OSCE participating States and 11 partner countries arriving in Dublin for the 19th OSCE Ministerial Council which begins tomorrow...

DUBLIN, 30 November 2012 – The latest round of talks on the Transdniestrian settlement concluded today in Dublin. During the three-day meeting, the participants reviewed progress achieved this year under the Irish OSCE Chairmanship...

DUBLIN, 28 November 2012 – Official negotiations on the Transdniestrian settlement started in Dublin today. The three-day meeting brings together representatives of the sides, mediators and observers in the negotiations – Moldova, Transdniestria, the OSCE, the Russian Federation, Ukraine, the US and the EU...

ERGNETI, 27 November 2012- On 27 November, the 28th meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism, co-facilitated by the European Union Monitoring Mission and the OSCE, took place in Ergneti...

DUBLIN, 21 November 2012 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Eamon Gilmore, today announced that Mongolia has acceded to the OSCE, becoming the Organization’s 57th participating State...

CHISINAU, 7 November 2012 – An OSCE-organized working visit to the region of the mediators and observers in the 5+2 talks on Transdniestrian settlement concluded in Chisinau today...

Promoting the freedom of assembly and association, as well as the challenges faced in exercising this fundamental right, were the focus of a forum for civil society representatives organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Irish OSCE Chairmanship on 7 November 2012...