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OSCE Chairperson welcomes exchange of detainees by Tbilisi and Tshkinvali

Publishing date: 30 December 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VILNIUS, 30 December 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, welcomed the exchange of detainees by the authorities in Tbilisi and Tskhinvali today...

OSCE Secretary General discusses tackling organized crime and drugs trafficking with UNODC

Publishing date: 28 December 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Conflict prevention and resolution, Countering terrorism
Meeting with the Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Yury Fedotov, on 22 December 2011 in Vienna, OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier discussed the prospects for closer co-operation to tackle organized crime and drugs trafficking...

18th IPRM meeting takes place in Dvani

Publishing date: 21 December 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
DVANI, 21 December 2011- The 18th IPRM meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism took place in Dvani today. The meeting was co-facilitated by the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM) and the OSCE...

More focus on confidence-building measures in conflict resolution needed, says OSCE Special Representative at Geneva Discussions

Publishing date: 14 December 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
GENEVA, 14 December 2011 – Developing synergies through multiple confidence-building measures and reaching out to different communities can help support efforts towards conflict resolution, said Giedrius Čekuolis, the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for Protracted Conflicts, following the 18 round of the Geneva Discussions today...

Joint Statement by the Heads of Delegation of the Minsk Group Co-Chair Countries and the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan

Publishing date: 6 December 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Minsk Group
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VILNIUS, 6 December 2011- On the occasion of the OSCE Ministerial Council Meeting in Vilnius, the Heads of Delegation of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries (Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergei Lavrov, Secretary of State of the United States Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Minister for European Affairs of France Jean Leonetti) and the Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov and Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandian reaffirmed the importance of reaching a peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

First official 5+2 talks after renewal lay ground for further progress on Transdniestrian settlement, says OSCE Chairperson

Publishing date: 1 December 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VILNIUS, 1 December 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, said that the renewed official 5+2 negotiations on the Transdniestrian settlement, which concluded in Vilnius today, laid solid ground for the future work on promoting the conflict resolution...

OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs issue statement

Publishing date: 30 November 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Minsk Group
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
BAKU, 30 November 2011- The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Ambassadors Bernard Fassier of France, Robert Bradtke of the United States, and Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, released the following statement today: