News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities visits Georgia, discusses integration, expresses concern over developments along the administrative boundary line
Publishing date: 26 June 2013
The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Knut Vollebaek visited Georgia from 19 to 20 June 2013...
35th Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism meeting takes place in Ergneti
Publishing date: 21 June 2013
ERGNETI, 21 June 2013- The 35th meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) took place in Ergneti today, co-facilitated by the OSCE and EU Monitoring Mission (EUMM)...
Joint statement on the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict, by the Presidents of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair Countries
Publishing date: 18 June 2013
ENNISKILLEN, United Kingdom, 18 June 2013- Joint Statement on the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict by Barack Obama, President of the United States of America, Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation, and Franсois Hollande, President of the French Republic...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, on his visit to Georgia, expresses concern over obstacles to freedom of movement along Administrative Boundary Line with South Ossetia
Publishing date: 18 June 2013
TBILISI, 18 June 2013- OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara, on a two-day visit to Georgia, today discussed with President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili and Foreign Minister Maia Panjikidze a number of issues, focusing on the OSCE agenda...
OSCE Chair calls on the parties of the Transdniestrian settlement to refrain from unilateral actions impeding the negotiation process
Publishing date: 17 June 2013
KYIV, 17 June 2013 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara expressed his concern over the negative implications for the Transdniestrian settlement process caused by the recent adoption by the Transdniestrian side of the so-called legal act on the border.
OSCE Chairperson meets with OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs
Publishing date: 14 June 2013
KYIV, 14 June 2013 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara received today the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Ambassadors Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Jacques Faure of France, and Ian Kelly of the United States as well as the Personal Representative of the Chairperson-in-Office on the conflict dealt with by the OSCE Minsk Conference, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk...
The 34th IPRM takes place in Ergneti
Publishing date: 31 May 2013
On 31 May the 34th meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) took place in Ergneti, co-facilitated by Ambassador Andrzej Tyszkiewicz (EUMM) and Ambassador Andrii Deshchytsia (OSCE). Participants expressed concern about increasing fencing activities and the high number of detentions in areas adjacent to South Ossetia...