News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Fight against corruption, good governance focus of high-level OSCE meeting in Dublin on Monday
Publishing date: 19 April 2012
DUBLIN, 19 April 2012 – Good governance and fighting corruption is the theme of a two-day OSCE meeting that opens in Dublin on Monday 23 April 2012...
OSCE Chairperson hails breakthrough in Transdniestrian settlement talks
Publishing date: 18 April 2012
DUBLIN, 18 April 2012 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister Eamon Gilmore, welcomed today’s announcement of a breakthrough reached in the OSCE-led negotiations towards a Transdniestrian settlement...
OSCE Chairmanship welcomes agreement on principles and procedures, agenda in Transdniestrian settlement talks
Publishing date: 18 April 2012
VIENNA, 18 April 2012 – Ambassador Erwan Fouéré, the Special Representative of the Chairperson-in-Office for the Transdniestrian settlement process, welcomed today’s agreement on the principles and procedures for the conduct of formal negotiations as well as the agenda for the process...
OSCE Chairperson welcomes release of Belarusian opposition leader, calls on President to free others
Publishing date: 15 April 2012
DUBLIN, 15 April 2012 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister Eamon Gilmore, today said he was relieved that Belarusian opposition leader Andrei Sannikov has been released from custody under a presidential amnesty and called on President Aleksandr Lukashenko to free all remaining jailed opponents...
OSCE Chairperson extends condolences, calls for swift investigation into tragic murders near Skopje
Publishing date: 13 April 2012
DUBLIN, 13 April 2012 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister Eamon Gilmore, today expressed his condolences to the families of five ethnic Macedonians murdered last night in a village near Skopje...
OSCE Chairmanship welcomes agreement by sides in Transdniestrian settlement to resume rail services
Publishing date: 30 March 2012
DUBLIN, 30 March 2012- Ambassador Erwan Fouéré, the Special Representative of the Chairperson-in-Office for the Trandniestrian settlement process, welcomed today’s agreement allowing the resumption of full rail traffic through the region...
OSCE Chairmanship highlights importance of freedom of movement in areas affected by 2008 conflict in Georgia
Publishing date: 29 March 2012
GENEVA, 29 March 2012 – Speaking today at the 19th round of the Geneva International Discussions, Pádraig Murphy, the OSCE Chairmanship’s Special Representative for the South Caucasus, appealed to the participants to urgently address the problems faced by refugees and internally displaced populations.